Jews and Power, Revisited
Understanding the Jewish political paradox in 2024.
March 15, 2024
It takes no courage to castigate the Jews.
On Sunday night, the director and screenwriter Jonathan Glazer provided a particularly egregious example of the moral solipsism of which Ruth Wisse speaks by using his acceptance of an Oscar to lambast Israel and its supporters for “hijacking” the Shoah to justify all sorts of crimes. Glazer received the award for The Zone of Interest, his film about Auschwitz—a fact that also supports Wisse’s arguments about the pitfalls of Holocaust memorialization.
Understanding the Jewish political paradox in 2024.
It takes no courage to castigate the Jews.
The senator doesn’t understand what Israelis want.
Leaving Qatar and Hamas in the cold.
Michelangelo, the headbutting prophet, and an ancient Aramaic prayer.
On Sunday night, the director and screenwriter Jonathan Glazer provided a particularly egregious example of the moral solipsism of which Ruth Wisse speaks by using his acceptance of an Oscar to lambast Israel and its supporters for “hijacking” the Shoah to justify all sorts of crimes. Glazer received the award for The Zone of Interest, his film about Auschwitz—a fact that also supports Wisse’s arguments about the pitfalls of Holocaust memorialization.
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