Why Arab Jerusalem Has Stayed Quiet
How a fence made better neighbors.
June 14, 2024
School Vouchers, Not Child Credits, Can Bring the Birthrate Back Up
Learning from Israel’s culture of fertility.
As birthrates decline across the world, countries including the U.S., South Korea, and most famously Hungary have devised various incentives to encourage citizens to have more children. So far, they have little to show for the effort. The economist Catherine Pakaluk believes such policies, which focus on tax breaks, cash payments, and perks like free daycare, are doomed to fail. Instead, she argues, countries should look to religion, and the demographic success of Israel. M.J. Koch writes:
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School Vouchers, Not Child Credits, Can Bring the Birthrate Back Up
Learning from Israel’s culture of fertility.
Iraqi Archives Reveal Saddam Hussein’s Obsession with Jews
His intelligence officers combed school notebooks for insight into the Jewish cabal running the world.
Columbia, Alexander Hamilton, and the Roots of American Philo-Semitism
Denouncing bigotry at a memorable trial.
One of America’s Great Rabbinic Minds Weighs in on a Football Player’s Name
The ineffable wide receiver.