Where Does Hillary Clinton Stand on Israel?
The Clinton-Blumenthal emails.
March 23, 2016
The Three Architects Who Designed Modern Jerusalem
Erich Mendelsohn, Austen St. Barbe Harrison, and Spyro Houris.
Although Jerusalem’s most famous structures are quite old, much of the city’s modern look was given it by three architects: Erich Mendelsohn (a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany), Austen St. Barbe Harrison (the official architect of the British Mandate), and Spyro Houris (a Greek Orthodox Arab). They are the subject of a new book, Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architects of a New City, by Adina Hoffman, which she discusses here. (Interview by Sara Ivry; audio, 43 minutes.)
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Israel’s Hidden Alliance with the Kurds Comes Out from the Shadows
“The very fact the Kurds exist as a nation on the ground helps to ease the pressure on Israel.”
In America, Islamic Education Encourages Hostility toward Israel
Some won’t even put Israel on the map.
Should Modern Orthodox Jews Accept That Some Beliefs Are Heretical?
Shlomo Riskin’s The Living Tree: Studies in Modern Orthodoxy.
The Three Architects Who Designed Modern Jerusalem
Erich Mendelsohn, Austen St. Barbe Harrison, and Spyro Houris.