Today is Yom HaShoah, an international day of mourning for victims of the Holocaust. I have written often here on this subject. When I was a graduate student I compiled the oral history of an Auschwitz survivor, publishing it in the Los Angeles Times on Yom Hashoah 1977. In the 1990s, I visited Theresienstadt while leading a New York Jewish Federation … [Read more...]
Facebook Suspension for Criticizing Israeli Rabbinic Racism
Yesterday, I published a post consisting of translations of verbatim video recordings of two senior Israeli settler rabbis. They justified the Holocaust, said "Hitler was right," advocated that Palestinians become servants of Israelis, and claimed Jewish genetic superiority over other "races." After publishing I posted links to my Facebook, Twitter and … [Read more...]
Senior Rabbis at Israeli Military Prep School Say “Hitler was Right”
Israel's Channel 13 aired recordings (the Jerusalem Post has a highly truncated version of the story) of two senior rabbis at the Orthodox military preparatory academy in the settlement of Eli, as they taught their students lessons on race, the Holocaust, and the evils of "secular pluralism." Rabbi Eliezer Kashtiel lectured his students: "Yes, we're … [Read more...]
New York Times Caves to Anti-Semitism Police, Censors Cartoon
The NY Times international edition ran a carton on its editorial page that was branded anti-Semitic by Donald Trump Jr., Breitbart and other far-right sites and personalities. It featured a blind Donald Trump wearing a yarmulke and being led by a dachshund-shaped Bibi Netanyahu. Netanyahu's dog has a Jewish star hanging from its neck. The cartoon is a … [Read more...]
