Germany’s Sordid Iran Policy
Some lessons of the past remain unlearned.
June 12, 2018
A Lost, Prophetic Austrian Film from 1924 that Parodies Anti-Semitism
A city without Jews.
Released in 1924, the silent film A City without Jews, based on a book of the same title, imagines the expulsion of Jews from Vienna under a radical anti-Semitic government, and was intended to be a satire of the contemporary mood in Austria. While the movie’s existence has long been known to historians, only in 2016 was a complete reel discovered. Renee Ghert-Zand writes:
June 12, 2018
In Saudi Arabia, Public Opinion about Israel Is Shifting
“The Palestinian issue has become boring.”
Lessons in Jewish Politics from Three of the 20th Century’s Greatest Works of Jewish Fiction
Babel, Singer, Agnon.
The Origins of Western Scholarship of Islam Show What Edward Said Got Wrong
Orientalists at the Vatican.
A Lost, Prophetic Austrian Film from 1924 that Parodies Anti-Semitism
A city without Jews.