George Washington, European Jewry, and the Promise of Tolerance without Fear
“Every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid.”
January 15, 2016
What a Fight at the American Historical Association Reveals about Supporters of Academic Boycotts of Israel
BDS advocates made an abysmally poor case for themselves.
Commenting on the recently defeated anti-Israel motion before the American Historical Association (AHA), Jeffrey Herf notes the “hubris” of its supporters, “fostered by decades of easy victories at the UN or in academic associations that had already been taken over by the radical left.” The debate over the motion revealed much else about the motion’s sponsors, many of whom have ties to the BDS movement:
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“Peace” Activists Hand Palestinians Over to the PA to be Tortured and Executed, and Israel’s Left Shrugs
Blaming the messenger.
What a Fight at the American Historical Association Reveals about Supporters of Academic Boycotts of Israel
BDS advocates made an abysmally poor case for themselves.
The Rabbi, the Writer, and Spiritual Rebirth in the Land of Israel
Abraham Isaac Kook and S. Y. Agnon
The Forgotten Pioneer of Holocaust Memory
He recorded hours of survivor testimony in 1946.