Why the Biden Administration Downplays Iran’s Aggression
In recent months, the Islamic Republic has launched multiple missile and drone attacks on American allies.
May 12, 2022
The Transformation of the Celebrated, Centuries-Old Oberammergau Passion Play
“Oberammergau is no longer a capital of anti-Semitism.”
In 1930 and 1934, Adolf Hitler journeyed to Oberammergau, Germany, home to the country’s—if not the world’s—best-known passion play, which has been performed at least once every decade since 1634 and is often viewed in person by half a million pilgrims. These performances, traditionally held on or shortly before Easter, dramatize the final days of the Christian messiah. As Noam Marans and Peter Pettit note, Hitler appreciated the play: “Never has the menace of Jewry been so convincingly portrayed,” he said.
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Rejecting the Illusion that Qatar is “Rebranding” as a Moderate Actor in the Middle East
Doha continues to invest in extremist groups.
Midge Decter’s Decades-Long Fight for Freedom, Responsibility, and Moral Seriousness
“The refusal to be bound by rules, any rules, turned children against their elders, impelled them to . . . destroy their brains with drugs, burn books, and rage against the very idea of responsibility.”
The Problem with Israel-Studies Departments
When scholarship becomes activism.
The Transformation of the Celebrated, Centuries-Old Oberammergau Passion Play
“Oberammergau is no longer a capital of anti-Semitism.”