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...]
Israeli Election Results: Dead Heat
Latest Israeli election results are contradictory at best. Some polls show the Opposition Blue & White center-right coalition with a four-seat lead over Likud. Others show B&W with a one seat lead or in a tie. UPDATE: Just as I publish this post, with nearly 80% of the vote counted, Likud holds a one seat lead over B&W. If the final 20% of … [Read more...]
Israel Lobby Seeks to Muzzle Ilhan Omar, Sabotage Democratic Resurgence
In the Blue Wave November 2018 election, women were among the most prominent Democratic victors in House elections. In particular, there were three young women who fired the imagination of the American electorate in much the same way that Barack Obama did in his first 2008 presidential campaign. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, who unseated a New York City machine … [Read more...]
