Culture

How Meir Kahane’s extremist ideas entered the Jewish mainstream

Shaul Magid’s new biography of the radical rabbi shows the lasting influence of his ideas about Jewish pride, Zionism and assimilation.

First Jewish wedding held in Bahrain in 52 years

Leaders of the community hailed the wedding as a sign of the community’s resurgence and expressed hope that more young people would raise families there.

A picture shows the abandoned Dar Bishi synagogue in the Libyan capital Tripoli on September 28, 2011. (Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images)

Libya’s Jewish graveyards were destroyed. They are being rebuilt online.

David Gerbi for years has tried to salvage what’s left of his community’s graveyards in Tripoli and Benghazi. Now that they’re destroyed, he plans to rebuild them online.