How the War in Ukraine Affects Israel’s Struggle with Iran
Jerusalem and the West face a Moscow-Tehran alliance.
June 26, 2023
What Bernard Lewis Taught, and Learned from, World Leaders in a Lifetime of Conversations
From the halls of the Senate to the shores of Tripoli.
In his long career as the preeminent scholar of the Middle East, Bernard Lewis was consulted by numerous heads of state and high-ranking officials, including from Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew, the Israeli prime ministers Golda Meir, Yitzḥak Rabin, Shimon Peres, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Moammar Ghaddafi, and, most famously, Dick Cheney. Martin Kramer describes and analyzes many of these encounters, and reflects on the relationship between scholarship and the wielding of political power. (Video, 1 hour.)
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What the Federal Government Should Do to Fight Anti-Semitism—and What It Shouldn’t
First, stop funding it.
What Bernard Lewis Taught, and Learned from, World Leaders in a Lifetime of Conversations
From the halls of the Senate to the shores of Tripoli.
Three Millennia Ago, an Israelite King Conquered a Phoenician Dye Factory on the Mediterranean Coast
Thus suggest recent archaeological findings.
Remembering Sheldon Harnick, Whose Lyrics Brought Tevye to Life
“Models of humor, elegance, and compassion.”