Category Archives: Anti-Semitism

Report Back: Hope Not Fear

Posted on April 16, 2009 by

[H/t to Flesh is Grass for encouraging me to post a write up of this event] I recently attended a talk by Edgar Bronfman and Beth Zasloff at Congregation Beth Elohim. The event was held in the sanctuary. Since it … Continue reading →

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Samuel Kassow: Who Will Write Our History?

Posted on March 30, 2009 by

Trinity College History Professor Samuel Kassow discusses his recent work, Who Will Write Our History?: Rediscovering a Hidden Archive from the Warsaw Ghetto on C-SPAN 2′s “Book TV” program. Click here to watch the video. From the Book TV website: … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Archives and Historical Memory, Archives, History, and Historiography, Books and Book Reviews, Education | 1 Comment

Hope Not Fear: A Path to Jewish Renaissance

Posted on March 17, 2009 by

[H/t Congregation Beth Elohim] This is happening at Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope, Brooklyn tomorrow night (7:30PM). I have not read the book but it sounds interesting and it is always a joy to hang with Rabbi Bachman. Maybe … Continue reading →

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On A Roll: Zionist Conspiracy Forces Charles Freeman Out

Posted on March 14, 2009 by

The International Zionist Conspiracy is on a roll. Charles Freeman will not chair the US National Intelligence Council. The Jerusalem Post reports: Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair accepted Freeman’s decision “with regret,” according to a terse statement put out … Continue reading →

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We Have Lost an Important Voice

Posted on March 12, 2009 by

A.L. introduced me to Steve Cohen’s “That’s Funny, You Don’t Look Anti-Semitic” a few years ago (2003?).  I enjoyed the wit and humor of “That’s Funny…”, a rare commodity in political tracts. More importantly, Cohen, a man of the left, … Continue reading →

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Never Again

Posted on January 27, 2009 by

[Holocaust Memorial in Paris, Pere Lachaise Cemetery] [Jewish resistance fighter] Visit the Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation here. Blogs you should be reading: Contentious Centrist Flesh is Grass Z Word

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Zombietime: “Globalize the Intifada”

Posted on January 20, 2009 by

Zombietime provides a comprehensive roundup of peace anti-Jew rallies around the world: On January 10, the war between Israel and Hamas became a global conflict. No longer confined to the Gaza Strip, the fighting spread to cities around the world: … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Semitism, International Politics, Israel and Zionism, Radicalism, War | 1 Comment

Efraim Karsh: What’s Behind Western Condemnation of Israel’s War Against Hamas?

Posted on January 16, 2009 by

What’s Behind Western Condemnation of Israel’s War Against Hamas? Efraim Karsh With a unanimity that has become all too familiar, politicians, the media, NGOs, and church leaders across the globe took their cue to denounce Israel’s legitimate act of self-defense … Continue reading →

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Ernest Sternberg: A Revivified Corpse, Left-Fascism in the Twenty-First Century

Posted on January 14, 2009 by

Ernest’s Sternberg’s review of Bernard-Henri Lévy’s, Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism (New York: Random House, 2008 ) in Telos (A Revivified Corpse: Left Fascism in the Twenty-First Century) is well worth reading (also check out … Continue reading →

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Herf on the RAF and the German New Left

Posted on November 20, 2008 by

[H/t to ZWord] Professor Jeffrey Herf has an article on the German New Left that you really should check out, “An Age of Murder: Ideology and Terror in Germany“: It is best to begin with the obvious. This is a … Continue reading →

Posted in (Anti and Post) Communism, (Anti)Terrorism, Anti-Semitism, Archives, History, and Historiography, Israel and Zionism, Radicalism | 1 Comment