Category Opinion

Diaspora and Israel 2.0

Next month, we may get an idea of the shape of a dramatic paradigm shift in Israeli-Diaspora relations. The government of Israel is expected to spend as much as $1.5 billion in the next 20 years on a new initiative…

Long-forgotten chapter: 1942’s Operation Torch

image - Message from Dwight Eisenhower 1942

A message from U.S. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower to the people of Casablanca, found on the street of that city in 1942. (image from commons.wikimedia.org) In the wake of invasion and military defeat in the summer of 1940, Adolf Hitler and…