Europe
An idea hatched by its most advanced minds is now what Europe has to find its way past, if it can.
Postmodern Europeans may not like to hear it, but nation-states are still essential to preserving the continent’s culture and safety.
It’s both a continent and an idea, with an alternately heroic and ignominious past and, until recently, an enviable present. Can the heart of the West survive the 21st century?
The West forgets the biblical tradition at its own peril.
Poland offered Jews some of the best conditions they ever experienced in exile—until it didn’t. How are Poles dealing with that history today?
It’s a doctrine with no qualms about anti-Semitism.
Europeans hate Israel because they hate themselves.
French Jews are emigrating to Israel by the tens of thousands. Their departure isn’t just about them; it’s about the end of the French idea.
Arab cynicism and Western racism.
“One of the last bastions of humanity.”
Strong ideological currents are turning Europe into a difficult place for Jewish survival.
Angela Merkel’s recent speech was a rare acknowledgment that anti-Zionism, anti-Semitism, and anti-democracy are all symptoms of the same disease.
The IDF just intervened to save Irish peacekeepers in Syria from an al-Qaeda affiliate. For its part, the Irish government remains the most anti-Israel in Europe.
Europeans leaders are seeking a greater peacekeeping role in Gaza. If their experience with Hizballah in Lebanon is any indication, not only will Hamas not. . .