Can Iran Disrupt the Global Economy by Closing the Strait of Hormuz?
Yes, but it will suffer more than its enemies as a result.
July 31, 2018
World War II Brought a French Writer to Terms with His Jewishness
Saint-Exupéry’s best friend.
The French Jewish writer Léon Werth may be best known as the person to whom Antoine de Saint-Exupéry dedicated The Little Prince, describing Werth as his best friend. More importantly, Werth was the author of two chronicles of his experiences during World War II, which he spent in France hiding from the Nazis: 33 Days, which was lost and unpublished until the 1990s, and Deposition 1940-1944, which appeared in 1946. A complete translation of the first book, and an abridged translation of the second, have recently been published in English. In the latter, Catherine Bock-Weiss writes, Werth leaves a record of how the war changed his sense of himself as a Jew:
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What Caused a Boulder to Fall from the Western Wall?
Israel needs to act to preserve Temple Mount history.
The U.S. Shouldn’t Tolerate Turkey’s Hostage-Taking
It goes beyond Andrew Brunson.
Rare Recordings of Jewish Folk Music at a Ukrainian Library
Documents and wax cylinders nearly destroyed by the KGB.
World War II Brought a French Writer to Terms with His Jewishness
Saint-Exupéry’s best friend.