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Nonfiction The Crime and the Silence: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne Anna Bikont, Alissa Valles, trans.
Nonfiction European Muslim Antisemitism: Why Young Urban Males Say They Don’t Like Jews Günther Jikeli
Essay Prejudice Porn: Images of Jews in American Art, 1880 – 1940 Earlier this week, Matthew Baigell wrote about social concern and left politics in Jewish American art. He is the author of a recently published book on the topic… Matthew Baigell June 30, 2015
Essay Radical Islamism’s War Against the Jews: Who Cares? (Part 2) In part one of “Radical Islamism’s War Against the Jews: Who Cares?” Michael C. Kotzin wrote about radical Islam and the Jewish community. Today read part two of this… Michael C. Kotzin May 6, 2015
Essay Radical Islamism’s War Against the Jews: Who Cares? (Part 1) Michael C. Kotzin is a longtime Jewish communal professional and former professor of English Literature at Tel Aviv University. He has been an executive… Michael C. Kotzin May 4, 2015
Nonfiction Why the Germans? Why the Jews?: Envy, Race Hatred, and the Prehistory of the Holocaust Götz Aly; Jefferson Chase, trans.
Nonfiction The Sons of Pigs and Apes: Muslim Antisemitism and the Conspiracy of Silence Neil J. Kressel
Interview Interview: Robert Harris by Elise CooperRobert Harris’s latest book, An Officer and A Spy, is a fictional account of the Dreyfus Affair. This is a thrilling historical novel that… Elise Cooper June 17, 2014
Essay A Jew in a Plexiglas Box Earlier this week, Nicholas Kulish wrote about being asked the question, “What’s a Nazi?”, in South Sudan and the Rosencrantzs and Guildensterns of history. His most… Nicholas Kulish June 13, 2014
Nonfiction The Holocaust, the Church, and the Law of Unintended Consequences: How Christian Anti-Judaism Spawned Nazi Anti-Semitism Anthony Joseph Sciolino
