(Jewish News Syndicate) – A few years ago, a parent of Indian background complained to public-school administrators in Fairfax County, Va., that the swastika—an ancient symbol of good fortune in Hindu and Buddhist culture—had been wrongly tarnished through appropriation by…
(Jewish Policy Center) – The assertion that someone or something stands on “the right side of history” often is used like a blackjack in an old noir film: to knock someone dissenting from conventional-wisdom-in-the-making out cold. In March, a fan of…
(inFOCUS Quarterly) – What are the lessons of October 7 and Israel’s subsequent war against Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and their allies in the Strip, from fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon, terrorists in Judea and Samaria, Houthis in Yemen and the…
(Times of Israel) – It is a small thing, only a few inches tall. But it carries a big toxic message. The thing is a statuette representing Elijah Muhammad, carved by the noted folk artist Ulysses Davis. The Abby Aldrich…
(New English Review) – Who can forget where he or she was when news struck of the decision by retired English journalist John Richards to close the Apostrophe Protection Society? Who wasn’t rocked when Richards, 95, announced in 2019 that he…
(Washington Jewish Week) – Spontaneous memorials, like the dozens of glowing yahrzeit candles on the sidewalk near the White House on May 22, and empathetic statements after the murders of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim like the one by Mayor…