Recent Iranian Attacks on the U.S. and Its Allies Signal a New Strategy to Which Washington Must Respond
Navigating the gray zone.
June 3, 2019
When Hollywood Turned against Hitler
The word “Jew” is never heard in The Mortal Storm, but the message is clear.
For most of the 1930s, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) steered clear of politics, declining, for instance, to produce a cinematic version of Sinclair Lewis’s novel It Can’t Happen Here, about a fascist takeover of the U.S. That changed in 1940 with the production of A Mortal Storm, recently restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. It tells the story of a German Professor Roth whose life, and that of his family, is upended by Hitler’s rise to power. Thomas Doherty writes:
June 3, 2019
How Economic Liberty Can Gain Political Momentum in Israel
Learning from the American conservative movement.
European Leaders Are Making a Show of Taking Anti-Semitism Seriously. But Will They Actually Do So?
Malmo, 2020.
Should Jews Be Embarrassed about the Institution of the “Shabbos Goy”?
A classic historical study explains why not.
When Hollywood Turned against Hitler
The word “Jew” is never heard in The Mortal Storm, but the message is clear.