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Posts Tagged ‘antisemitism’
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Why Israel is Necessary
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Hannukah, the history
By Daniel Marans and Nick Baumann, HuffPost… with modifications by SMS in blue. Americans who know anything about the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah may have heard that it celebrates the victory of good over evil — the triumph of light over darkness. But the real history of Hanukkah’s orig[...]
A Response to Jewish Bigotry Toward Fundamentalist Christians in the Era of Trump
BEN STEIN KVETCHES ABOUT BERNIE I am a Jew. All of my ancestors have been Jews since Judaism was founded almost 6,000 years ago on the belief of a monotheistic God. I pray in Hebrew every morning and every night. And I am deeply, cruelly, painfully embarrassed at my fellow Jew, Bernie Sanders, Senat[...]
Is Trump, The Man With Jewish Lawyers, Diss The Jews?
Opinion | Why Does Donald Trump Keep Dissing Jews? The answer is a verdict on his unconventional, ungenerous presidency. NYTIMES.COM|BY FRANK BRUNI[...]
“Polish Jews fight politically-motivated denial of Jewish suffering, and stigma of Jewish roots. Trump failed them,”
Trump just made it harder to ‘come out’ as Jewish in Poland HAARETZ.COM[...]
When Does a Jew Lose His or Her Identity as a Jew?
“On August 12, 1952, Bergelson’s sixty-eighth birthday, he was executed.2 For decades, before the transcripts of the trial became accessible to the public following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the date was known, and observed in many Jewish communities the world over, as the Night of t[...]
Origins of racism: Columbus sets sail – Aug 03, 1492
So, we know from modern genetics that people from the Caucuses invaded Europe about 9000 years ago. Those Caucasians are the ancestors of most Europeans … aka “white” folks. However, that migration does not do much to explain skin color. White folks also include Jews, Arabs, Iran[...]
Antisemitic Antizionism in the Soviet Bloc
Ken Waltzer FACEBOOK · Jeffrey Herf on the roots of contemporary antisemitic antizionism in the Soviet bloc machinations of the period 1967 to 1975. Great interview by Alan Johnson. Herf’s book is on East Germany but the broader history remains to be written. Everything or nearly everything[...]