Why the Dangers of American Peacemaking May Outweigh the Merits
Better to keep shrinking the conflict than to try, and fail, again.
February 7, 2020
Why American Jews Are Wary of Bernie Sanders
The candidate’s approach to Israel goes “way beyond criticism.”
Given Bernie Sanders’s performance at the Iowa caucuses, and his high poll numbers in New Hampshire, it seems possible that he could be the first Jew to be nominated for the presidency by a major political party. Yet, notes Shmuel Rosner, surveys suggest that Jewish Democrats are significantly less likely than Democrats in general to want Sanders to win. He conjectures as to why that might be:
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Why American Jews Are Wary of Bernie Sanders
The candidate’s approach to Israel goes “way beyond criticism.”
Muslim Leaders’ Historic Visit to Auschwitz
A tectonic shift from a cultural of Holocaust denial.
Reading the Bible with Kirk Douglas
The late actor’s rabbi reminisces.
In Israel, Ancient Date Palms Bloom Again
After vanishing for over a millennium.