Earl Schorris wrote a wonderful book a few decades ago called Jews Without Mercy. It was a savage, incantatory attack in the era of Reagan on the Jews who first advanced neoconservatism and brought it to a wider audience. I thought of his evocative title when conceiving this blog post about the response of some Jews both in America and Israel to the moral, … [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...]
BREAKING: Settler Suspects in Murder of Palestinian Mother Name Alleged Killer
מקור ביטחוני: צבי נריה לב הוא הקטין שהושאר במעצר בחשד לרצח הפלסטינית עאישה א-ראבי. ארבעת חבריו שוחררו לאחר שהפלילו אותו In a follow-up of my reporting which broke the original story concerning settlers suspected of murdering Palestinian mother of eight, Aisha Rabi, Israeli media reports that four of the five suspects in custody have been remanded to house … [Read more...]
Tablet Magazine Publisher Once Accused of Sexual Harassment
Tablet Magazine is one of New York's leading Jewish publications. I've profiled it here before and some of its writers as well. It's well-funded by far-right pro-Israel foundations. It's slick, it's glossy. It prides itself on being trendy, while retaining a strong Jewish cultural identity. New York Magazine called “a must-read for young politically and … [Read more...]
