As Iran Heads toward a Political and Economic Crisis, the Biden Administration Plans to Offer It a Lifeline
Tehran will get guns, butter, and nuclear deterrence.
April 4, 2022
The Middle East Studies Association Boycotts Israel—and Embraces Irrelevance
The cost of politicization.
Following a referendum of its members, the Middle East Studies Association (MESA)—the leading scholarly organization of its kind in North America—decided to boycott universities and scholars in the Jewish state. To Martin Kramer, this development has been eight years in the making, and has coincided with plummeting membership. He writes:
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Anti-Semitism Is Alive and Well in British Schools
“I’m not sitting next to the Jewish girl.”
The Middle East Studies Association Boycotts Israel—and Embraces Irrelevance
The cost of politicization.
How the Holocaust Caused a Secular Crisis of Faith
The question of fitting the Shoah into the Jewish calendar reveals a deeper debate over its meaning.
The History of the Karaites—the Millennium-Old Jewish Sect Who Rejected the Rabbis and the Talmud
Judaism’s path not taken.