Israel’s Five-Front, Low-Intensity War
A qualitative escalation.
September 3, 2019
Paul Robeson’s Unapologetic Stalinism and the Fate of Soviet Jewry
In the end, the death of two Yiddish artists may have finally broken Robeson’s Communist resolve.
Besides being a gifted singer and actor and a tireless and eloquent advocate for the civil rights of African Americans during the Jim Crow era, Paul Robeson was also a committed Communist of the Stalinist variety. Even after the Soviet purges began in the 1930s, and as he became aware that all was not well in the workers’ paradise, Robeson continued to defend the regime in public and to toe the party line. His interactions with leading Soviet Jewish figures—he was deeply connected with Jewish circles and often performed Hebrew and Yiddish songs—illustrate much about his attitudes. Describing these relationships in a longer discussion of Robeson’s Communism, Ron Radosh writes:
September 3, 2019
The Myth of the Arab Jew
Sasson Somekh vs. the “woke” version of Mizrahi history.
Paul Robeson’s Unapologetic Stalinism and the Fate of Soviet Jewry
In the end, the death of two Yiddish artists may have finally broken Robeson’s Communist resolve.
In the Campus Anti-Israel Campaign, Zionists Must Be Driven from All Student Activist Groups
Helping all victims of sexual abuse—unless they’re Zionists.
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For kosher salami and pastrami, naturally.