I can’t think of a better way to honor his legacy than to remember how he tried to bring our country together through the shared ideals expressed at our founding.
The Jew is a mirror that reflects the state of the world 鈥� at times its openness, kindness and generosity of spirit, at other times its spasms of ferocious barbarism.
Black January did not save the Soviet Union. It shattered it. Rather than crushing Azerbaijan鈥檚 will, the massacre unified it.
Long-simmering antisemitism on the American Right has erupted into plain view.
Why is Iran not on anyone鈥檚 radar? Because calling for the end of an Islamic regime is not as satisfying as demanding the annihilation of the world鈥檚 one Jewish state.
Imagine the outcry if a group of Jewish public schoolteachers would announce a 鈥淶ionist teach-in鈥� for MLK Day. Would Mayor Mamdani allow such a disruption of a national holiday?
The butchers of Tehran love their own freedom to be butchers. What they can鈥檛 seem to stomach is to give their people the same freedom to be human.
It鈥檚 well-known that the hate that starts with Jews never ends with Jews. Hating Jews, in other words, is suicidal, which makes it even more stupid.
