Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Sundown: Quartet Lays Out Roadmap
Plus Iranian bagels, the Irvine 11, Clinton vs. Bibi, and more
Ahmadinejad May Attend Columbia Event
So it is time to reacquaint ourselves with his avian namesake
Sundown: Turkey Would Run Gaza Blockade
Plus A’jad chides Assad, boo to Dan Snyder, and more
Daybreak: Sinai To Be Remilitarized
Plus A’jad being A’jad, China picks a side, and more in the news
Daybreak: Bibi Proposes Housing Solution
Plus, Abbas declares emergency, Beck goes really tasteless, and more in the news
No Haven
When Yale shuttered its Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism last month, critics saw anti-Israel political correctness. But the project may simply have been a casualty of the university’s global ambitions.
Daybreak: Syrian Peace Presently Off the Table
Plus A’jad’s dangerous game, Galliano in court, and more in the news
Double Agent
The Arab Spring has cast new light on resistance in the Middle East. A rare 2007 encounter with the leader of Iran’s Jundullah reveals the murky place held by the region’s so-called freedom fighters.
Generation X
The Arab Spring is liberating a generation from repressive political institutions, but the intellectual legacies of the regimes they are helping topple may be tougher to shake
Pulp Fictions
A top Obama Afghanistan adviser reviews a new book examining the end-of-days pulp novels popular in the Islamic world, potboilers that mix Western science-fiction tropes with classic anti-Semitism
Trial and Error
Studying the 1961 Adolf Eichmann trial provided a reminder that it’s always crucial to confront Holocaust denialism, whether among Nazis in the immediate postwar years or from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today
Democratic State
While protests rage across the Arab Middle East, Israel stands as a regional model of resiliency, relevance, and democratic adaptability. And the Arab states will have to be more like it to survive.
Neighborhood Bully
Why the Israel Defense Forces hit Syria—and why they believe that Assad won’t hit back
When Berlin Meant Business
Berlin was once home to 50,000 Jewish-owned businesses. A historian is now obsessively reconstructing their demise.
In Praise of Dairy Restaurants
A visit to B&H Restaurant on Second Avenue brings back memories of milchig establishments of yore
Curse of the Survivor
Singer Vera Gran was haunted by allegations of Nazi collaboration. A new book asks if survival made her guilty.
