The Movement to Return Jewish Worship to the Temple Mount Has Gone Mainstream
One brief and brilliant moment, and a kaddish.
September 25, 2017
The Lost Books of a Polish Yeshiva and Their Mysterious Fate
The Hitler Youth’s newspaper said they were burned. But it was lying.
In February 1940, the Deutsche Jugend Zeitung, the official news organ of the Hitler Youth, published a story about the German seizure of the yeshiva in the city of Lublin. This act was followed, according to the article, by the ceremonial burning of its 30,000 books. But the story is without corroboration from contemporary sources, and recently historians have concluded that it was mere propaganda intended to stir the enthusiasm of young Nazis. But where, then, did the books from one of Poland’s largest yeshivas go? Barbara Finkelstein discusses what is known:
September 25, 2017
Why Israel Went Out on a Limb to Support Kurdish Independence
A shared vision and a shared history.
Valerie Plame’s Circulation of an Anti-Semitic Article Was Deliberate
The growing tolerance for anti-Semitism on the far left and the far right.
American Jewish Fiction Has a New Favorite Theme: the Jewish State
Distant cousins.
The Lost Books of a Polish Yeshiva and Their Mysterious Fate
The Hitler Youth’s newspaper said they were burned. But it was lying.