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Thursday morning briefs

The more you learn, the worse it gets: Really, first we learn (shock!) that German diplomats were complicit in murdering Jews. Now we learn that at least a third of the German war effort was supported by stolen Jewish wealth … Continue reading

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More briefs!

Awesome! I get to piss off the Mormons again: Every time I post about the Mormons posthumously baptizing Jews, one of them manages to read my blog and post an angry comment. So here it is: The LDS say they’re … Continue reading

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Is Oliver Stoned? Nope, just doing a Gibson.

I know that this post is a relatively late reaction to the latest tempest in a teapot created by one of the Hollywood finest. However, after reading a few articles on the subject, I was somewhat dissatisfied by the analysis … Continue reading

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Never again

The modern state of Israel was created, in part, because of the world’s guilt over the Holocaust. That guilt lasted until about five minutes after Israel’s establishment, but it gave the world’s Jews the chance to stop relying on others … Continue reading

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No innocent bystanders

A half year ago, Archbishop Desmond Tutu expressed a common sentiment in the Middle East. The Nobel Prize laureate spoke to Haaretz in Jerusalem as the organization The Elders concluded its tour of Israel and the West Bank. He said … Continue reading

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Ahmadinejad channels Cabaret

This is almost frightening in its unconscious nod to the portrayal of the rise of Nazis in Cabaret. Granted, Cabaret isn’t history. It’s a movie. But the symbolism of the infamous But compare this: “The government is determined to assert … Continue reading

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On International Holocaust Remembrance Day…

A Jewish Prime Minister spoke at Auschwitz: “We will always remember what the Nazi Amalek did to us, and we won’t forget to be prepared for the new Amalek, who is making an appearance on the stage of history and … Continue reading

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Monday morning sniefs

(Snark briefs) The passing of a righteous woman: Miep Gies, the woman who helped shelter Anne Frank and who saved her diary from the Nazis, died last week. She did not think she was a hero. “Imagine young people would … Continue reading

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Nighttime briefs

Interpreting the Times, so you don’t have to. Shorter Gail Collins: If only ten percent get to dictated American policy, then by Gaia, it had better be the ten percent that the elites (David Brooks’ “educated class“) are in! Smells … Continue reading

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Demjanjuk the doubtful?

At the end of a Bloomberg News report about the Demjanjuk trial in German, there’s a paragraph that reads: His death sentence and conviction were overturned by Israel’s Supreme Court in 1993, saying there was reasonable doubt that he served … Continue reading

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Briefly

Germans to Israel: Shut up if you want Gilad Shalit to come home. To be fair, he wants all parties involved to shut up, but really—this is what the mediator thinks is a necessary ingredient to getting Hamas to release … Continue reading

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Monday SNB

Hamas getting confident; shelling Israel again: More shells into Israel. But when mortars are fired from Gaza into Israel, the mainstream media doesn’t pick it up until Israel fires back. Hamas’ pre-emptive strike at the UN See if you can … Continue reading

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Friday SNB

Reap what you sow dept.: A Saudi prince was injured by a terrorist who blew himself up on his way to meet with him. Don’t you just love how the AP talks about the prince spearheading the “aggressive” Saudi anti-terrorism … Continue reading

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Must-read blog post of the week

Rachel Lucas’ visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau. I think this is something people really do forget about the extermination camps. The main image we all have of the camps is of the starving inmates at liberation in 1945, the piles of starved … Continue reading

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The long-term damage of the Holocaust

How many Jews would there be in the world today if Hitler had not destroyed two-thirds of Europe’s Jews? Thirty-two million. If not for the Holocaust, there would be as many as 32 million Jews worldwide, instead of the current … Continue reading

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