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Anti-Jewish Music

In The Music Libel Against the Jews, Ruth HaCohen argues that contempt for "Jewish" musical forms has defined Western music.  That same sentiment pervades the Arab world today. Vay’hi: Echoes of Abraham

Two allusions to the story of Abraham make one thing clear: Joseph's getting thrown off the bus. (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:10:18Immunity for Terrorists?

The 2008 Mumbai terrorists killed over 150, including Chabad hostages.  Victims’ families have sued Pakistan’s secret service for its role.  The State Department wants to grant it immunity.Right of Return: Me, Too

Spain has offered citizenship to descendants of Jews expelled in 1492.  But Spain also expelled Moorish Muslims—and their North African descendants are crying foul.Uncle Joe

“If anyone who is not his nephew is entitled to call Joseph Epstein ‘Uncle Joe,’ it is I. Or at least I once was.”Jerusalem Rebuilt

With the Hurva Synagogue in the Old City restored, Israel plans to rebuild the neighboring Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue, reclaiming another piece of Jerusalem’s Ottoman-Era glory.Berlin’s Black Christmas

“White Christmas,” by Irving Berlin, a Siberian Jew, helped define the holiday for Americans.  But for Berlin himself, Christmas was the day he lost his baby son.