American Jewish Leaders Should Exercise Prudence When Engaging Israel’s Domestic Debates
More than American Jewry has maintained Israel, Israel has maintained American Jewry.
February 13, 2023
Why Syria Remains in Chaos
And why Iran is running out of funds to prop up Bashar al-Assad.
Last week’s earthquake, which wreaked destruction on both sides of the Turkish-Syrian border, served as a reminder of the parlous situation in which Syria finds itself, and also of the difficulties of providing the country with humanitarian assistance without simply enriching Bashar al-Assad. Behind this state of affairs is the fact that the Syrian civil war, which began in 2011, is not yet over. Amir Taheri observes that Iran, Russia, Turkey, and the U.S. have all—each in its own way—claimed victory, but none has won it.
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Why Syria Remains in Chaos
And why Iran is running out of funds to prop up Bashar al-Assad.
France’s Chief Rabbi Brokered a Compromise between Michel Houellebecq and Muslim Leaders
A novelist, a rabbi, and an imam walk into a courtroom.
In Portugal, an Invitation for the Descendants of Expelled Jews to Return Became the Basis of an Anti-Semitic Campaign
Abetted by the police.
How Art Museums Distort Jewish Culture, and Downplay Anti-Semitism
Catholics fare little better.