Anti-Semitism Is Not Like Other Forms of Prejudice
From Berlin then to Oberlin now.
May 13, 2016
The Soviet Dissidents Who Used a Non-Binding International Accord to Fight for Freedom
Lessons of the Helsinki movement.
In 1975, the U.S. Canada, and most European states—the Soviet Union included—signed the Helsinki accords, which, although meant to foster détente between the Eastern bloc and the West, also included an agreement to respect universal human rights. A year later—40 years ago yesterday—a group of Soviet dissidents founded the Moscow Helsinki Group to hold their government accountable for its violations of these rights. Natan Sharansky, one of the group’s founders, reflects on what it and other similar organizations achieved, and the lessons for today’s Western leaders:
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Israel and Islamic State in Syria
Ultimately, Iran is the bigger threat.
The Soviet Dissidents Who Used a Non-Binding International Accord to Fight for Freedom
Lessons of the Helsinki movement.
Did Maimonides Value Philosophical Knowledge over Jewish Law?
Joseph B. Soloveitchik’s answer.
The Maccabean Revolt: The Other Side of the Story
What Seleucid inscriptions tell us.