American Withdrawal from Afghanistan Benefits Russia
A setback in the great-power competition.
August 20, 2021
Three Decades after the Crown Heights Riots, Anti-Semitic Violence Still Flies beneath the Radar
Since 2019, there have been twenty anti-Jewish hate crimes in the surrounding 71st precinct.
On August 19, 1991, in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights, a young Lubavitch Ḥasid lost control of his car, causing the death of a seven-year-old child of Guyanese immigrants. The accident—thanks in part to the incitement of Al Sharpton and other anti-Semitic agitators—sparked a three-day pogrom in which Jewish shops were destroyed, Jews were physically attacked, and one young Jew was fatally stabbed. Charles Fain Lehman notes what has changed since then, and what hasn’t:
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It Is Undisputed That the Temple Mount Is Judaism’s Holiest Site
Don’t give ammunition to the lies of Israel’s enemies.
Three Decades after the Crown Heights Riots, Anti-Semitic Violence Still Flies beneath the Radar
Since 2019, there have been twenty anti-Jewish hate crimes in the surrounding 71st precinct.
Why Belonging Somewhere Matters
The greatest American divide, and how it connects to religion.
The Talmudic and Mystical Roots of Jewish Humor
Before Groucho Marx and Henny Youngman, there was Broka Ḥoza’ah.