How Mahmoud Abbas’s Bid for International Recognition Is Backfiring
Signing an anti-torture convention turned out to be a bad idea.
August 31, 2022
Russia Is Returning to Its Old Anti-Semitic Ways
Basmanny justice.
Until the last quarter of the 18th century, Jews were forbidden from settling in Russia. After the tsarist empire acquired a large Jewish population, it subjected it to discriminatory legislation until its final days. The Kremlin’s current attempt to shut down the Russian branch of the Jewish Agency, to Ben Cohen, is a sign that it is reverting to form after a post-Soviet hiatus from official anti-Semitism:
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Russia Is Returning to Its Old Anti-Semitic Ways
Basmanny justice.
In Iran, Theocracy Is Killing Religion
Today, less than 40 percent of the population identifies as Muslim.
A Lost Yiddish Opera Returns to the Stage
Bas Sheve.
Henry Kissinger’s Religious Awakening
His new book laments the erosion of moral purpose and religious belief in Western societies.