Iran Is Trying to Inspire Homegrown Terror
Salman Rushdie, and an American lured into a tryst at a Las Vegas hotel room, have already fallen victim.
July 27, 2023
Tisha b’Av in Catalonia, and a Torrent of Emotion
How many Jews had been dragged to the baptismal font in Tortosa, and how many had just given up the struggle and gone of their own accord?
According to tradition the fast of Tisha b’Av—which began last night and extends until sundown this evening—marks not only the destruction of the First and Second Temples, but also the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. The late Frank Talmage, a scholar of Jewish history, recounts spending this day in northern Spain: the scene of centuries of Jewish hopes, achievement, and catastrophe. Visiting the cathedral of Tortosa, he is overcome by emotion (1981):
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Benjamin Netanyahu Is Preparing for His Trip to China with Realistic Expectations
Beijing and Jerusalem won’t be friends. But it’s better not to be foes either.
Anti-Semitism Has a Lot to Do with the French Riots—Just Not in the Way Many Think
Violence against Jews was a dress-rehearsal for the subsequent terror to fall on everyone.
Tisha b’Av in Catalonia, and a Torrent of Emotion
How many Jews had been dragged to the baptismal font in Tortosa, and how many had just given up the struggle and gone of their own accord?
Historic Texts Bear the Centuries-Old Marks of Past Mourners for Jerusalem
Wax stains from fast days gone by.