Repeating Old Mistakes Won’t Help the People of Gaza
It’s necessary to resist fantasizing about the motivations of the involved parties.
January 2, 2019
Remembering the French Jew Who Saved Hundreds of Children during the Holocaust
Georges Loinger.
Georges Loinger, who died on Friday at the age of one-hundred-eight, had distinguished himself as a runner in France before World War II; after his country fell to Nazi Germany, he naturally began to teach physical education at a home for Jewish refugees. Once the fate of these children became clear, Loigner began devising a number of schemes to sneak them into Switzerland, and set to work carrying them out. The Times of Israel reports:
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The Pros and Cons, for Israel, of the U.S. Withdrawal from Syria
The foundation of the Jewish state’s security doctrine is that it will defend itself.
Amos Oz’s Place in the Jewish Literary Canon—in His Own View
Will he be placed with Sholem Asch or with S.Y. Agnon?
Recent Attacks on J.K. Rowling Reveal Something about the Anti-Semitism of the Left
Those who insist that an anti-Zionist need not be an anti-Semite unwittingly prove the opposite.
Remembering the French Jew Who Saved Hundreds of Children during the Holocaust
Georges Loinger.