In Brooklyn, Attacks on Jews Have Become Commonplace, but the New York City Government Does Nothing
Perpetrators don’t have any connection to anti-Semitic movements.
July 17, 2019
A New Book Seeks to Whitewash the Complicity of German Journalists in Supporting Hitler
Moral reconstruction?
After the Nazis came to power in Germany, hundreds of journalists fled the country; some who criticized the regime were sent to concentration camps or murdered. In his book Journalists between Hitler and Adenauer, the Columbia University historian Volker Berghahn focuses on several journalists who remained active in the Third Reich, arguing that they played a crucial role in West Germany’s “moral reconstruction” following World War II. Yet, argues Richard Evans, none of Berghahn’s subjects has the clean record he suggests. Take, for instance, Hans Zehrer, a prominent newspaperman in both the 1930s and the 1950s:
July 17, 2019
How Silwan Became an Arab Neighborhood
The ethnic cleansing of a village founded by Yemenite Jews.
Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Parties Aren’t on the Verge of Collapse
Internecine conflict is the rule, not the exception.
A New Book Seeks to Whitewash the Complicity of German Journalists in Supporting Hitler
Moral reconstruction?
Saying Farewell to Zubin Mehta, Israel’s Legendary Conductor
An Indian who fell in love with the Jewish state.