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Apr 15, 2026, 8:03 AM

Approaching “never again,” again

The Holocaust is globally known, and also denied, as the single most defining rise of antisemitism and death of Jews, without any event coming anywhere close in vicious and intentional savagery…until October 7, 2023. It is literally beyond belief...

Angel Manuel Garcia Carmona

Mar 30, 2026, 11:41 PM

District 11 for Hamas Gaza: Barcelona’s Islamization

In recent weeks, social media has once again been buzzing about Barcelona’s District 11. Officially, this once-cosmopolitan Catalan city on the Mediterranean Sea is divided into ten districts comprising a total of seventy-three neighbourhoods. However, without any major urban...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Feb 12, 2026, 4:22 AM

Caracas Fuels Jerusalem. Let That Sink In.

History has a sense of humor. For more than a decade, the Bolivarian regime in Caracas made anti-Israel rhetoric a pillar of its revolutionary identity. Under Hugo Chávez, Venezuela severed diplomatic ties with Israel and wrapped itself in the...

Michael Savvakis

Jan 1, 2026, 9:43 PM

From al-Andalus to the Inquisition: Spain’s Lessons Mislearned

Pro-Palestine protest in Madrid, Spain (Photo: Barcex / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Since Hamas’ terrorist massacre on October 7, 2023, antisemitism has surged worldwide. Spain has been a particular flashpoint. The Observatory of Antisemitism reported a 321% rise in antisemitic incidents in 2024. At Madrid’s Complutense University, banners equated Zionism with...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Dec 20, 2025, 6:08 AM

Ladino: The Sephardi World in Motion

Ladino — the Judeo-Spanish born from medieval Castile — became the circulatory system of the Sephardi diaspora after 1492. As Jews relocated to Salonika, Istanbul, Sarajevo, Izmir, and North Africa, Ladino evolved into a portable homeland: a language that...

Dec 16, 2025, 4:22 AM

Revoking the Alhambra Decree of 1492: Justice Delayed, Not Justice Earned

The inauguration of Madrid's Beth Yaacov Synagogue on December 16, 1968
(Photo credit: EFE, Reference: 8002416976)

On December 16, 1968, Madrid witnessed a moment that seemed almost unimaginable: the inauguration of the Beth Yaacov synagogue, the first new synagogue built in Spain in nearly five centuries. Six hundred guests filled the Chamberí district’s Balmes Street...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Dec 13, 2025, 10:00 AM

Moroccan Hebrew: Empire’s Living Bridge

Moroccan Jewry, the largest in the Islamic world before 1948, maintained a rare fusion of Hebrew and Maghrebi Arabic that functioned as a linguistic bridge across centuries. Unlike European Jewry, which confined Hebrew to prayer, Moroccan Jews embedded Hebrew...

Dec 5, 2025, 5:46 PM

From Jerusalem to Mars: A Black Ethiopian Jew’s Friendly Reply to Elon Musk

By Dr. Shmuel Legesse: Upcoming Author of Moral Diplomacy for a Broken World: Inspired by the Vision of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks When Elon Musk wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that “Jews are white, if not peak white,” I didn’t know whether...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Dec 2, 2025, 5:44 AM

General Franco – Israel: The Truth Leftists Buried

History did not begin in 1939. General Francisco Franco emerged in a Spain drenched in blood—a nation shattered by a Socialist Republic (the same Republic he ironically saved in October 1934, when the very politicians who later demonized him...

Justine Johnston Hemmestad

Oct 27, 2025, 9:57 PM

The Familiar, by Leigh Bardugo: A Review

At Menard's in Fort Dodge, Iowa

I picked up The Familiar, by Leigh Bardugo, because the story takes place in late 16th century Spain amid the Inquisition. The protagonist must keep her Jewish heritage a secret, given the threat that permeates all around her. Secrecy...

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