Jerusalem: The Eternal City of Jewish Longing
The resurrection of Jerusalem, after centuries of wandering and the near-death experience of the Holocaust, eludes simple rational explanation.
December 18, 2017
Why the U.S. Must Assume a More Direct Approach to Rolling Back Iranian Power
Lebanon’s stability is not a U.S. interest.
Although the Trump administration has abandoned its predecessor’s commitment to partnering with Iran and respecting Tehran’s so-called “strategic equities” in Syria, Lebanon, and elsewhere, it still follows an indirect approach to countering Hizballah. Tony Badran argues that Washington must start confronting the terrorist organization and other Iranian proxies more aggressively, and abandon its commitment to an illusory stability in Lebanon:
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Why the U.S. Must Assume a More Direct Approach to Rolling Back Iranian Power
Lebanon’s stability is not a U.S. interest.
Sweden Has an Anti-Semitism Problem. But Politicians Would Rather Blame It on Israel Than Acknowledge Where It Comes From
Muslims and the far left, not the far right, are responsible for most of the attacks on Jews.
How Ancient Hebrew Poets Commemorated Hanukkah Even When Rabbis Ignored It
Liturgical tributes to the Hasmoneans in 7th-century Palestine.
How Sephardi Refugees Brought Chocolate to France
They were plugged into an international network of Iberian exiles.