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The Tikvah Podcast·Episode 412·Jun 6, 2025

Jeffrey Herf on the Transformation of Radical Speech into Violence

On April 13, 2025, an arsonist set fire to the residence of the governor of Pennsylvania. When apprehended, he told law-enforcement officers that he did so using Molotov cocktails. The attack took place just hours after the governor, an American Jew, and his Jewish family, had concluded their Passover seder.

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