Liberals Should Start Taking Anti-Israel Activists at Their Word
Romanticizing bigots.
August 21, 2024
Written as the Nazis came to power.
Over 40 years ago, Richard Hatch, a particle-physicist-turned-professional-magician—came across a German book about Jews and magic, published in 1933. Given the date, he assumed its author, Günther Dammann, was an anti-Semite repackaging familiar myths about Jews and the occult. Hatch revisited the book more recently, and discovered something very different, writes David Segal:
Romanticizing bigots.
Yahya Sinwar’s dilemma.
Ignoring U.S. restraints to try for victory.
The confusing, the unknown, and the simply untrue.
Written as the Nazis came to power.
Over 40 years ago, Richard Hatch, a particle-physicist-turned-professional-magician—came across a German book about Jews and magic, published in 1933. Given the date, he assumed its author, Günther Dammann, was an anti-Semite repackaging familiar myths about Jews and the occult. Hatch revisited the book more recently, and discovered something very different, writes David Segal:
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