This Shabbat, I will join some 200 Jews from Egypt, now living in Europe, Israel and the United States, to pray in the Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, their childhood house of worship, in Alexandria.
From Washington, the issue of American leadership – much in the news these days in the wake of President Trump’s recent interactions with counterparts in Europe and the Middle East – has a distinctly abstract air.
October 18th, the date the UN arms embargo against Iran expires, will symbolize the day Europe’s Middle East policy failed. Disastrous news, especially for Israel’s security.