The Jewish History of the Neighborhood at the Center of Recent Violence in Israel
Jews have lived in Sheikh Jarrah since 1875.
May 10, 2021
The Jewish Connection to Jerusalem Is Ancient and Indigenous
The mirage of an international Jerusalem.
Today is Yom Yerushalayim—Jerusalem Day—which celebrates the liberation of the Old City and its holy sites from Jordanian occupation during the Six-Day War. As riots, fueled by anti-Semitic incitement and slander, mar the city’s peace, challenges to Israel’s claims to Jerusalem, and those of the Jewish people, still have much purchase across the world. Two year ago, Michel Gurfinkiel examined the persistent and impractical vision of removing the city completely from any nation’s sovereignty in his essay, “The Mirage of an International Jerusalem.” He concludes that the city’s legal and demographic history
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Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett Are Trying to Cobble Together a Coalition Unlike Any in Israel’s History
From Meretz on the left to Yamina on the right.
In the Name of Equity, a College Decides That It Has No Room for a Jewish Student Group
Antiracism requires replacing religion with “wellness.”
The Great Jewish Thinker Who Combined Law and Mysticism
“By creating symbolic structures on earth that parallel supernal ones, human beings draw God’s presence down into the world.”
The Jewish Connection to Jerusalem Is Ancient and Indigenous
The mirage of an international Jerusalem.