Chronology of the kidnapping: What was the sequence of events that led to the deaths of the kidnapped Israeli teens? (Times of Israel)
Bus bombing’s long shadow: Stephen Flatow’s lawsuit against Iran over the 1995 bus bombing that killed his daughter helped lead to a French bank’s recent agreement to pay $8.9 billion for transferring money to blacklisted countries. (N.Y. Times)
Shang-Chai: Shanghai’s Jewish past undergirds its present economic success, Julian Gewirtz and James McCauley write. (The New Republic)
Rethinking conversion in Israel: Independent conversion courts can provide a solution to the issue of intermarriage in Israel, Chuck Davidson writes. (Jerusalem Post)
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