Stuff like this is why American Jews won't join the Republican party no matter how angry and disappointed we are at leftwing antisemitism. Republicans have spent the last decade plus making it abundantly clear that they will throw most American Jews under the bus and then use Israel as a get-out-of-jail-free card when called on it. And they'll do it again the next time Donald Trump decides to shit on American Jews. https://theswordandthesandwich.substack.com/p/americas-apocalyptic-cheerleaders

Israel speaks to the Muslim world about religion, while Israelis speak to each other—as they always have, in music and in poetry by Daniel Gordis
Watch now (12 mins) | Years ago, when I was just starting to think about how to write my history of Israel, I knew that in telling the story of the State of Israel, music and poetry would simply have to be part of the tale. There are certain poems, like those we have discussed over the years in