Though I have always had sympathy for the general goals of creating a Jewish homeland for victims of persecution and genocide, I am critical of the ways in which Zionism pursued that objective. From the very beginning, even in Herzl's writings, there are the seeds of ethnic-nationalism, racism and even anti-Semitism, which permeate Israel today. … [Read more...]
Ready for Your Close-Up, Mr. Sondland?
UPDATE: The State Department prevented Sondland from testifying before the House Intelligence Committee today, even though he'd traveled from Europe to DC to do so. He would have likely refused to answer most questions put to him even if he had testified. Trump also indicated today that he would refuse to cooperate with the House impeachment investigations … [Read more...]
Yom HaShoah and Its False Premises
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...]
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...]
