On the 21st Anniversary of 9/11, America Remains as Deluded as Ever about Its Enemies
You know there’s a problem when a UN entity has a clearer view of the dangers than the White House.
September 12, 2022
The Jews of Nairobi and the Religious Roots of Kenya-Israel Relations
A community revived by conversion.
In 1905, the Seventh Zionist Congress fiercely debated—and eventually rejected—an offer by the British government to create a Jewish homeland in its East Africa colony. Although this offer is remembered by posterity as the Uganda plan, the territory in question was in fact located in what is now Kenya. Jews had by that time already come to Nairobi, today the Kenyan capital, to do business, and in 1912 they established the Nairobi Hebrew Congregation. In recent years, Kenyan converts to Judaism have helped to revive the community, which now numbers about 600. Robert Carle writes:
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A Conversation with a Muslim Zionist
The Abraham Accords are changing attitudes in Britain, Pakistan, and the Middle East.
What the Hebrew Bible Says about the Afterlife
One thing is clear: talking to the dead is pagan.
The Jews of Nairobi and the Religious Roots of Kenya-Israel Relations
A community revived by conversion.
The Changing Face of New York’s Lower East Side
AT&T replaced men’s furnishing and a vape shop resides where a kosher butcher once stood.