A PLO Leader Enjoys the Lifesaving Medical Treatment He Would Deny His Fellow Palestinians
Saeb Erekat at Hadassah.
October 22, 2020
The Man Who Led the Revolt at the Sobibor Death Camp, and the Fraught Politics of Remembering Him
Alexander Pechersky.
When Alexander Pechersky, a Jewish officer in the Soviet army, was captured by the Germans in 1941, he was initially placed with other POWs. But, before transfer from one camp to another, he was subjected to a medical examination that revealed that he was circumcised, and sent to Sobibor. Unlike Auschwitz and Majdanek, which doubled as forced-labor camps and had significant numbers of non-Jewish prisoners, Sobibor was created by the Nazis solely to serve as a factory for the murder of Jews. In a long investigation into Pechersky’s life, David Bezmozgis lays out the basic facts:
October 22, 2020
Israel Stands to Gain Little from Talks with Lebanon
They only give credence to a Hizballah-controlled government.
Can Israel Make Peace with Qatar?
A problematic partner—that exports anti-Western and anti-Semitic propaganda—already cooperates with both Jerusalem and Washington.
The Man Who Led the Revolt at the Sobibor Death Camp, and the Fraught Politics of Remembering Him
Alexander Pechersky.
Spinoza, the Great Jewish Heretic, Can Only Be Properly Understood in His Jewish Context
“A dialogue with Maimonides.”