1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (365+ words) Arab Citizens of Israel: How Far Have They Come? By Robert Cherry Wicked Son, 2026, 320 pages, $20 Cherry devotes considerable attention to a subject often overlooked in Western coverage of Israel: the Israeli government’s efforts to improve the economic and social conditions…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (642+ words) If we take any lesson from the deadly struggles of the 20th century, it is to take our enemy’s ideologies seriously. Hitler’s opponents read their own motivations into him. But Hitler had been perfectly clear years before he seized power. In…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (377+ words) To the uninitiated, Tenebrae looks like some ancient cultish ritual. The liturgy is the sum total of the two morning offices of the Church, Matins and Lauds, and is only sung during Holy Week. In recent years, it’s been possible…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (984+ words) In a real jail-cell interview with another mental health professional, Gustave Gilbert (not portrayed in the film), Goering made clear his mind about what leaders are able to do: Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago   (664+ words) Confronted by competition in harmony with the festive season, I see a watchdog pressured to be a crowd-puller in a competitive market. I find stopantisemitism.org relying on a gimmick to fight the hate that was the bane of humankind…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (944+ words) In the heat of a very intense nominating convention in 1964, Barry Goldwater addressed the issue of extremism. Goldwater’s thought challenges us. He said the words because they were true. As short-term expedients, they didn’t work. This misuse of terms is…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (448+ words) Rioters outside Park East synagogue in New York recently chanted genocidal screeds such as “There is only one solution: intifada revolution” and “we don’t want no two states, we want all of it.” As I have argued before, far before…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (380+ words) They may not understand that Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and the Iranian regime explicitly seek their destruction. Why, then, do a significant minority of Jews adopt political positions that appear contrary to their community’s interests and even survival? We propose…...