To Bring Peace, Free Palestinians from Hamas—and Iran
Thoughts from a diplomat who helped to negotiate the Abraham Accords.
June 10, 2021
The Rise and Fall of the Black-Jewish Alliance, and How It Might Be Revived
After being torn apart by anti-Semites, its restoration is threatened by woke anti-Americanism.
In 1909, several American Jews joined with W.E.B. Du Bois and other black leaders to establish the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and from 1929 until 1975 the group was led by a succession of Jewish presidents. Jewish participation in the civil-rights movement is a widely known story. And this relationship worked in both directions: such outstanding African American figures as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bayard Rustin never minced words in expressing their admiration for the Jewish people and the Jewish state. Sadly, the generation that replaced them was dominated by such anti-Semites as Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, Leonard Jeffries, Jesse Jackson, and Al Sharpton—not to mention Louis Farrakhan. The subsequent generation of leaders appears by and large no better. Joshua Muravchik observes:
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The Rise and Fall of the Black-Jewish Alliance, and How It Might Be Revived
After being torn apart by anti-Semites, its restoration is threatened by woke anti-Americanism.
After Years of Bombing Hospitals and Rescue Workers, the Syrian Regime Gets a Seat on the WHO’s Directorate
This way, it can ensure that its own crimes won’t be condemned.
A New Zealand Athlete Recites the Sh’ma—and Is Roundly Condemned
When Hamas fires rockets at Israel, public expressions of Judaism must be banned from sports.
The Vacationing Rabbis of the Marienbad Spa
Where the Dutch queen approached the Munkatsher rebbe for a blessing.