Harassment of the Soviets: Political Logic
The recent spate of violent attacks on Soviet officials and installations in the United States has produced the worst crisis in U.S.-Soviet relations since the late ’60s and early ’70s. They have produced violent Soviet counterattacks against U.S. citizens in Moscow and the result has been that détente has been strained more by a handful […]
Jewish Sweat
There was an interview recently in one of the Israeli newspapers with a striking dockworker. The particular strike itself is not at issue here, nor even the fact that the man belongs to a group of workers whose income is quite high by local standards, surpassing by far that of most individuals in white-collar and […]
And Then There Were Three
Do you want to know why the campaign for Soviet Jewry has gone to bed, slumbering away in indifference and apathy? Does the question of why Jewish activists appear to be no longer in the news ever cross your mind? Do you and your friends sometimes say to each other: Why is it that the […]
A Mezuza
There is no mezuza on the Old City of Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate (Shaar Sh’chem). And it is important that every Jew understand why other major entrances to the Old City, such as Jaffa Gate, DO have mezuzot while this one does not; why there once WAS a mezuza at Shaar Sh’chem (it was taken down […]
Hijackings
The reverberation of the Arab hijackings has still not subsided either in Israel or elsewhere. It is not so much that few expect that they have seen the end to Arab kidnappings and plane seizures. What irritates a great many Israelis is the reaction of certain freed hostages and their public statements to the press. […]
Canada
I spent a night in Canada last week and the experience must be shared for it highlighted the hopelessness and hope represented by Jewish youth in these days, the twilight of Jewish greatness in the golden lands of the West. The occasion was a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television show, known as “Under Attack.” The show, […]
Inexplicable
The inexplicable, masochistic drive that sends liberal intellectuals sprawling at the feet of assorted racists to be berated, insulted and spat upon, hit a new high of madness last week at a Greenwich Village fixture called the Village Vanguard. Ostensibly, the purpose of the evening was a discussion of art and politics with particular emphasis […]
The Worker
On the last day of the late, unlamented year, the Worker, organ of the Communist conspiracy in the United States, published an editorial aimed at the Jewish people. Titled “Chanukah’s Tradition,” it is a stupefying lesson in brazenness. “The beginning of Chanukah – Feast of Lights – last week is a reminder once again of […]
Much to Be Proud Of
Life is essentially a question of values. Every man sees as his goal in life the target that he deems to be most desirable. Every man judges his own happiness and satisfaction with life in terms of his possession or lack of possession of those things that he considers worthwhile and valuable. The observant Jew […]
A Gift for Reb Aaron
Last week, as word was received of the serious illness of the Gaon, Rabbi Aaron Kotler, a heartwarming and spontaneous reaction of grief and sympathy passed over the entire religious community. In the yeshivas and the houses of learning, students and scholars paused in the midst of their studies to supplicate and to beseech, to […]