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Apr 19, 2021 Indeed the Palestinian homeland seems to be a very fluid concept. After all, prior to 1967, it excluded all the territory it now purports to include. By Martin Sherman The Palestinian-Arabs’ claim for sovereignty over what they now insist is their long-yearned-for homeland arose only after 1967—i.e. when it came under Jewish administration. The Arabs didn’t provoke war with Israel in 1967 to achieve Palestinian independence. Arab rulers could have established a Palestinian state in those territories whenever they chose to do so. But Palestinian statehood was of no interest ...

Can you believe it? Religion’s been taking a hit Updated April 17, 2021, 2 hours ago Email to a Friend Note how religion conditions believers to follow poor leaders In warning of the dangers of “religion without religion,” Jeff Jacoby had me hearing echoes of the very case atheist writer Richard Dawkins has made (“Religion in America is fading, but true believers are everywhere,” Opinion, April 14). Dawkins argues that religion is corrosive to critical thinking and that conditioning people to accept articles on faith and to accept leaders without question makes them s...

Covid-19 Arts and Culture “Save our museum!” Every day, my inbox fills up with new emails from museums asking for cash amid straitened circumstances. They’re asking for my donation at a time when they can’t offer guided tours, events with public speakers, or anything else in exchange. I’ve even received invitations to formal galas held entirely on Zoom, meaning that I’d be buying a ticket to my own dining room. Museums are known for their hyperbolic fundraising, but this time they’re serious. In the U.S., museums are in dire straits. While they sometimes seem like the playground...

“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office”. [Aesop] This essay relates to the United States and Israel, both of whom sadly, suffer from dysfunctional democracy at this time. A report by Dov Fischer which appeared in American-Thinker of Oct. 11, 2012 is as relevant as prevailing conditions. It is entitled, “Jews and American Conservatism” and commences with a reminder that in the previous year, an extraordinary event had occurred. Voters in the Queens-Brooklyn 9th Congressional District of New York elected Bob Turner, a solid Republican conservative to the ...

How to teach the Holocaust Updated April 12, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend A view of exhibits at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda, on April 7, 2021.SIMON WOHLFAHRT/AFP via Getty Images As a member of a French-Jewish family decimated by the Holocaust, I am sensitive to anti-Semitism, but Jeff Jacoby’s proposal ,” Opinion, April 7) would make things worse. He believes anti-Semitism persists because Holocaust education doesn’t teach that anti-Semitism is different from all other forms of prejudice. That’s just wrong. In 2003, I went to a demonstration agai...