Iran Is Playing a Risky Game in Iraq
It can be dangerous to set your neighbor’s house on fire.
November 12, 2019
The Return of the Jews to York
Eight centuries after an infamous massacre.
Six years ago, a few dozen Jews in the English city of York founded a congregation—which, for lack of a synagogue, holds services in a Quaker meeting house—and are now seeking to hire a part-time rabbi. The person chosen will be York’s first rabbi in over 700 years. Until 1978, Jews generally avoided the city, notorious because of the anti-Jewish riot that took place there in the wake of the coronation of Richard the Lionheart. A dirge commemorating the event remains part of the Tisha b’Av liturgy for many Ashkenazi communities the world over. David Horovitz writes:
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Avigdor Liberman Has Confronted Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu with a Prisoner’s Dilemma
Even as he has created one for himself.
When Politicians Condemn the Evils of Finance, Even Jewish Leftists Should Be Wary
When Elizabeth Warren talks of private-equity “vampires.”
A New History Undermines Atheists’ Pretense of Rationality
Alec Ryrie’s Unbelievers.
The Return of the Jews to York
Eight centuries after an infamous massacre.