Next Monday is the first anniversary of the heinous shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in California. On April 27, 2019, a gunman opened fire on Jews gathered in the synagogue for services, killing a 60-year-old woman and injuring three other people (including the rabbi). The man charged with perpetrating the attack, John T. Earnest, 20, is awaiting his trial.
Last week, CNN literally published Chinese propaganda. That’s bad. But what makes CNN’s actions utterly shameful is that the network “reported” the propaganda as hard news, presenting Beijing’s spin and disinformation as objective fact.
North Korea continued its show of force this week, launching multiple short-range anti-ship cruise missiles into the sea and firing air-to-surface missiles from its Sukhoi jets. The tests came on the eve of an important North Korean holiday and South Korea’s general elections.
It is farcical that an abusive, tyrannical government would seek the world’s support to help those who it consistently abuses and tyrannizes. Yet, as usual, Iran has many sympathetic friends in the West who are echoing Tehran’s talking points.
April 9, 1865, exactly 145 years ago to the day of this writing, marked the symbolic end of the bloodiest, most challenging chapter in American history. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Yes, the American Civil War officially continued for several weeks afterward, but it effectively ended with Lee’s surrender.
The Jewish story is relevant to everyone as we endure this pandemic and adversity more generally, not just to Jews. Of course, we find in the Jewish experience the will to survive hardship, even tragedy, and the ability to flourish when the dust settles.
The Jewish story is relevant to everyone as we endure this pandemic and adversity more generally, not just to Jews. Of course, we find in the Jewish experience the will to survive hardship, even tragedy, and the ability to flourish when the dust settles.
The late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping once summed up the strategy that defined China’s foreign policy for decades: “Observe calmly; secure our position; cope with affairs calmly; hide our capacities; bide our time; be good at maintaining a low profile; never claim leadership.” The idea was for China to gain national strength quietly and patiently, observing global affairs while plotting how to control them.
