Western Europe’s Failures Led to the Pogrom in Amsterdam
The police shied away from protecting Israeli soccer fans.
November 11, 2024
From German Jewish Refugee to Decorated Colonel in the U.S. Army
A veteran tells his story.
Now ninety-nine years old, Frank Cohn fled Nazi Germany with his family not long after his bar mitzvah, and arrived in the U.S. shortly after Kristallnacht. When World War II began, he enlisted in the military and, thanks to his knowledge of German, was placed in an intelligence unit operating in Western Europe. He spent the following three decades in the military police, serving in Vietnam and retiring with the rank of colonel. He recounts his remarkable life story in conversation with Aaron MacLean. (Video, 93 minutes. Available in podcast form at the link below.)
November 11, 2024
The Palestinian Authority Is Legitimizing Hamas
With the support of the U.S. and Egypt.
A Haredi Call for a New Attitude toward Conscription
“We are overly occupied with unconvincing justifications for our refusal to enlist.”
From German Jewish Refugee to Decorated Colonel in the U.S. Army
A veteran tells his story.
A Jewish Baseball Player Turned Undercover Operative
Moe Berg: catcher and spy.