Whatever Their Cause, the Recent Explosions at Iranian Military Bases Are a Setback for the Ayatollahs’ Race for Nuclear Weapons
The shadow war with Israel continues.
July 6, 2020
The Story of Holocaust Refugees in Tehran Teaches a Lesson in Jewish Solidarity
Strong enough to break through post-Zionist cynicism.
In 1942, thousands of Polish-born children, most of them without their parents, were evacuated from Soviet Asia to Iran; among them were some 1,000 Jews. Thanks to the efforts of the local Jewish community, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), and the Zionist movement, these Jewish children were cared for and then transported to the Land of Israel. The Israeli-born scholar Mikhal Dekel, whose father and aunt were among those children, tells this story in a recent book. While Allan Arkush expected this work to be composed in the same fashionably post-Zionist key as Dekel’s previous writings, he found something quite different—both to his surprise and the author’s:
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Will an Extension of Israeli Sovereignty Lead to Violent Unrest in the West Bank?
Unlikely.
The Story of Holocaust Refugees in Tehran Teaches a Lesson in Jewish Solidarity
Strong enough to break through post-Zionist cynicism.
An Ancient Greek Inscription Paints a Portrait of One of the Forgotten Jewish Communities of Asia Minor
The Jews of Aprhodisias.
An Intimate Look at the First Scholar of Jewish Music
The author of a biblically themed opera, and perhaps of Havah Nagilah.