Can One Man Redeem Jimmy Carter?
Eizenstat’s main thesis, that Jimmy Carter’s presidency was one of the most consequential in modern history, might raise a few eyebrows.
Persecuted In Pakistan
Accused of blasphemy for practicing—or even affirming—their faith, Ahmadis still cling to the country they helped establish.
Could Israel Help Cape Town’s Water Crisis?
While the average American enjoys about 88 gallons of water every day, in Cape Town, the daily limit per person is 13.2 gallons—that is, if it wants to avoid “Day Zero,” when the taps run dry.
Jews and the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution
Twenty-first century Ukraine, as Marci Shore notes in her extraordinarily deft, astute, and riveting new account of the dramatic 2014 Ukrainian Revolution, The Ukrainian Night, was too “heir to the grandeur” of the intentions of Nazism and Communism.
Morocco: Echoes From the Jewish Quarter
Signs of that Jewish community, once the largest in the Arab world, are everywhere—if you know where to look.
Jewish Poland: A Lost Connection, a Forgotten Identity
“What did I have of a childhood? Nothing!” she exclaims, because from her childhood she remembers mostly the lack of food, missed years of education and years spent in Siberia to escape the Nazi occupation. It is hard to say she really grew up in Poland, hard to find something for which she is grateful.
Politics, Propaganda and the Olympics Games
Politics and propaganda are inseparable from the Olympic spectacle—though perhaps never more patently than in Berlin in 1936.
Mohammad bin Salman: The New Face of Saudi Arabia’s Monarchy
Is the brash young crown prince a liberalizing reformer or a repressive hard-liner? And what does this mean for his kingdom’s relationships with the United States and Israel?
The Thermometer Interview: Lili Bayer
Spotlight: George Soros. Temperature: 100 degrees.
The Thermometer Interview: Alexandra Föderl-Schmid
Spotlight: Austria. Temperature: 90 degrees.
A Conversation With Sayed Kashua on Arab-Israeli Identity
Sayed Kashua was born in the small, impoverished village of Tira—an Arab Palestinian village within the borders of Israel—where he was raised and where he still thinks of as “home,” even after immigrating to the United States three years ago.
The Thermometer Interview: Anetta Kahane
Spotlight: Germany. Temperature: 60 degrees.