There was once a war between Yiddish and Hebrew. For a motley band of pro-Israel Yiddish-haters, that battle is still raging – and a production…
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In Germany, the Nazi-founded extreme right is still taboo for government coalition-building. In Austria, heading to the polls on Sunday, it’s now routine Source: https://www.haaretz.com
When the same vicious anti-Semitism is voiced by a far right militia leader and a Ukrainian diplomat, it’s a sign how deeply Jew-hatred, and hyper-nationalist…
Despite their over-hyped predictions, populist nationalists still got a wave. That should disturb anyone opposed to the danger the intolerant far right poses to Europe …
Pittsburgh and Poway were an abstract horror for me until last week, when the arson wave hit my own Chicago synagogue. U.S. Jews now join…
We’ve prematurely celebrated the demise of Austrian Nazis one too many times. Despite the graft-and-corruption scandal that’s just ousted the Freedom Party from government, has…
Neo-fascism and a populist glorification of Mussolini’s WWII regime is contaminating Italy’s culture and politics, from street gangs to intellectual salons to the highest levels…
Some of your own advisors told me that they believe you’re an anti-Semite – but want to try and change you. But you can’t be…
Israel’s right-wing is seduced by European nationalists’ warmth toward the Jewish state, and their hostility toward Islam. But an illiberal Europe intolerant of minorities and…