As World Leaders Gather to Remember the Holocaust, They Should Ask How Anti-Semitism Differs from Ordinary Hatreds
And the dangers to Jews of both radical Islam and intersectionality.
January 22, 2020
The U.S. Finally Acknowledges the Truth about Iran’s Militias
Their relationship with Tehran is anything but murky.
Since its creation, the Islamic Republic has systematically cultivated proxy forces and terrorist groups in other countries, of which Hizballah is the oldest and most prominent. This strategy allows Tehran not only to conserve its manpower but also to deny responsibility for its violent and repressive policies—a fiction the American foreign-policy establishment has been more than happy to play along with. By killing Qassem Suleimani, the Iranian officer responsible for supervising these proxies, alongside the leader of the most important such militia in Iraq, Washington sent a clear message that it would no longer abide by the distinction between the Iranian regime and its regional proxies. So argues Jonathan Schanzer:
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The U.S. Finally Acknowledges the Truth about Iran’s Militias
Their relationship with Tehran is anything but murky.
Ultra-Orthodox Control of the Israeli Rabbinate Stands in the Way of Resolving the Conversion Question
Another casualty of the peace process.
That the Torah Gives No Reason for Keeping Kosher Doesn’t Mean It’s Unreasonable
The rationalists’ case for observing kashrut.
Saul Bellow’s Quest for Spirituality in Jerusalem
The novelist’s sole work of nonfiction.