Jonah Goldberg writes: There’s a natural tendency to think that when people, or movements, hate each other, it must be because they’re opposites. This assumption overlooks the fact that many – indeed, most – of the great conflicts and hatreds … Continue reading →
Caroline Glick has some good news about the Trump administration, and some sobering news about the leaching away of America’s Jews from any sort of meaningful Judaism: Earlier this month Norway, Denmark and Switzerland did something surprising. Norway announced that … Continue reading →
I noticed this recent post by William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection entitled, “I warned you about the Anne Frank Center (US).” The subject is a group that appropriates Anne Frank’s name for political purposes: It’s unlikely that until Trump’s election … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a slightly edited version of a previous post.] This year Chanukah began on Christmas Eve. But since it has eight days, I still get a chance to wish you a happy one—tonight is the very last night … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Part I can be found here.] I can’t find the quote right now, but Holocaust survivor and author Primo Levi—who wrote Survival In Auschwitz, which I consider the single most definitive and brilliant book on the camps from the … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: Open Blogger at Ace’s.] [NOTE: Part II can be found here.] Here is a fascinating interview with an elderly concentration camp survivor. If you’ve read or heard many camp survivors’ tales, the horrors he faced will not surprise … Continue reading →
I’ve been online for about 20 years, and it’s a huge part of my life these days. It started small, as many habits do. I wanted to look up information on the nerve injuries I had, and the internet provided … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is an update to this previous post of mine. I didn’t intend to spend my blogging hours today writing about David Horowitz vs. Bill Kristol—and so, apologies for this narrow focus. I actually had other things in mind, … Continue reading →
…and slides right into the mainstreaming of subtle (and maybe not even so subtle) anti-Semitism. David Horowitz wrote an article on Breitbart criticizing Bill Kristol for his nevertrumperism, and Breitbart titled it “Republican Spoiler, Renegade Jew.” Two things to note. … Continue reading →
…is Jewish: The Jewish speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, Volodymyr Groysman, has been elected prime minister after a months-long political crisis. The parliament on Thursday voted 250-57 for Groysman, who was nominated by President Petro Poroshenko. The outgoing prime minister, … Continue reading →
Every now and then I’ve offered excerpts from the fascinating WWII-era memoirs of Victor Klemperer (see this for one of them, as well as an explanation of who Klemperer was). The following quotes are from his I Will Bear Witness: … Continue reading →
Can you imagine the strength of this man’s constitution? Phenomenal: A 112-year-old Holocaust survivor has officially been named the oldest living man in the world. Israel Kristal was born on September 15, 1903, and became the record holder today, at … Continue reading →