Politics & Current Affairs
The Jewish state’s relationship with the U.S. is stronger for resting on an informal basis; replacing it with a formal alliance would do no good and only anger the world’s other major power.
A global presence that hovers above the world declaring that it desires nothing but to connect us with each other, Facebook now invites serious religious questions.
In a season of mass protests in Hong Kong and a fierce dustup with the NBA, the acclaimed new Chinese-American film is (almost) silent on the costs of engaging with authoritarianism.
The national-security expert tells us how an Israeli interceptor ended up launching from Alaska.
From the Yom Kippur War to the Arab Spring, events considered impossible happen in the Middle East with unusual frequency. Here are seven; when will the eighth appear?
Protestant evangelical Zionism has a centuries-old pedigree. Could Catholic Zionism, evolving over the last half-century, become official Church teaching?
What I witnessed in my two decades of teaching at Harvard.
“This odious bombing was aimed at striking Jews who were going to the synagogue, and it hit innocent French people.”
A long list of plots have been uncovered in the last decade.
Lawmakers claim it will promote “humanity, dignity, and respect.” As if.
And everyone else in the Gulf understands what’s happening.
A personal look at the 25 years that have passed since the bombing of an Argentine Jewish center that killed 85 people, with no progress toward justice.
The universe will end before the Labor leader puts a stop to anti-Semitism in his party.
In 1948, the nascent state enjoyed political support from almost the entire global left. A new book by a member of today’s left takes a close look at how and why that changed.
