Analysis
Tuesday, October 4th 2022 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023
Rabbi Steven Bob TheTorah.com, September 2022 “The whole thing is about Nineveh, which is a non-Israelite nation, and there is no mention of Israel at all. There is nothing like this anywhere in the Prophets!” The biblical prophets generally address Israel and speak to the concerns of Israelites.[1] Even the category of prophecy […]
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Joshua Berman Times of Israel, Sept. 12, 2021 “But why do biblical figures seemingly resolve their tensions only non-verbally? Why is there nothing akin to “I’m sorry for what I did,” and “I forgive you”?” It’s that time of year when Jews are called upon to express contrition for wrongs done to another, […]
Sunday, October 2nd 2022 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023
Jeff Robbins Creators, Sept. 27, 2022 “Instead of acknowledging “Burlington, we’ve got a problem,” UVM’s president responded with a statement at once inane and threatening, warning darkly that the investigation would hurt Jewish students.” The facts at the core of the current antisemitism scandal at the University of Vermont don’t seem especially disputable, and […]
Kenneth L. Marcus The Hill, Sept. 1, 2022 “Lhamon’s message is important, and not only to reassure the Jewish community that she gets the problem. It is especially important for its true audience, which is the higher education community.” Days ago, the U.S. Education Department’s civil rights office, OCR, resolved a major anti-Semitism case at Kyrene School […]
Nate Hoffman National Review, Sept. 29, 2022 “It turns out that, when elite law schools like Yale teach their students that there are no consequences to their intolerance and illiberalism, the message sticks with them.” Judge James C. Ho of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit announced Thursday that he […]
Kenneth L. Marcus Jewish Journal, Sept. 28, 2022 “… the exclusionary bylaws operate like racially restrictive covenants, precluding minority participation into perpetuity.” If it wasn’t so frightening, one might be able to recognize the irony in the sight of campus progressives trying so hard to signal progressive virtue that they fall victim […]
Friday, September 30th 2022 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023
Karim Sadjadpour Washington Post, Sept. 24, 2022 “The unrest triggered by Amini’s death should push the Biden administration to reassess its Iran strategy.” The death in Iran of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini — who was reportedly brutally beaten after she was detained by the “morality police” for showing too much hair — has triggered nationwide protests, […]
Benoit Faucan and Michael Amon WSJ, Sept. 28, 2022 “Growing up in Iran, it’s impossible to know someone, a young woman who has not been arrested because of allegedly wearing her hijab improperly.” The protests that have erupted across Iran in the past two weeks are rooted in anger at the country’s morality police, an unpopular […]
David E. Sanger NY Times, Sept 26, 2022 “… there were hints that the administration was looking for ways to get Starlink, in particular, into the hands of protesters.” The last time waves of protests swept Iran, after the killing of a young woman who was standing on the sidelines of an anti-government rally […]
Benni Avni The New York Sun, Sept. 27, 2022 “It reinforces the regime’s narrative that the protest is foreign-controlled to distract and deflect [but]the protesters see right through it.” Unable to quell a revolution sparked by the killing of a 22-year old Kurdish-Iranian woman for violating Hijab rules, Tehran is attacking Kurds at home and […]
Thursday, September 29th 2022 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023
Ekaterina Zolotova Financial Mirror, Sept. 24, 2022 “This leaves Europe with two options: muddle through, or compromise with Russia. Already, there are indications that Europe is investigating the latter.” It’s autumn in Europe, which for European farmers means it’s time to start placing orders for fertilizer for the spring. Of course, prices have been much […]
Drew Hinshaw WSJ, Sept. 29, 2022 “The statement marks a significant ratcheting up of tensions between Russia and the West as Russian President Vladimir Putin pushes ahead with plans to annex occupied parts of eastern Ukraine.” NATO said that a series of leaks on the Nord Stream pipelines between Russia and Europe were the result of […]
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