In Its Report on Anti-Semitism, the Labor Party Blames the Jews for Its Electoral Defeat
Stabbed in the back.
April 20, 2020
Are There Jewish Fingerprints in Karl Marx’s Thought?
The excuses offered to absolve Marx of his anti-Semitism don’t excuse much.
In the Israeli political philosopher Shlomo Avineri’s recent biography of Karl Marx, he asserts that his subject’s “Jewish origins and background did leave significant fingerprints in his work, some of them obvious and others less so.” Born to Jewish parents, Marx was baptized as a child, shortly after his father converted to Christianity in pursuit of a legal career. His sole piece of writing on Jews per se brims with anti-Jewish invective and crass stereotypes. While Avineri does not attempt to downplay this, he does suggest some possible mitigating factors, e.g., that Marx slandered the Jews for purely tactical reasons. Daniel B. Schwartz writes in his review:
April 20, 2020
Extending Israel’s Sovereignty to the Jordan Valley Won’t Destroy Good Relations with Amman
The Jordanian monarchy values its alliance with the Jewish state too much to burn any bridges.
Palestinian Leaders Rush to Accuse Israel of Exacerbating Their Coronavirus Woes
While refusing to divert funds from terrorism.
A Yiddish Novella about a Jewish Tough Who Feared No One
Moshkele the thief.
Are There Jewish Fingerprints in Karl Marx’s Thought?
The excuses offered to absolve Marx of his anti-Semitism don’t excuse much.