(Author: Leon Reich, Vol. 67, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2012) My motivation in penning this paper was the much-publicized debate regarding the proposed beatification of Eugenio Pacelli, who became Pope Pius XII. As a Jew, I have been fascinated by the development of the
(Author: Jeff Fine, Vol. 67, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2012) Those who saw them, commented the anonymous SA Jewish Board of Deputies representative, would “become conscious of the immense tragedy hidden behind every single item which tells of the biggest robbery ever committed in
(Author: Chuck Volpe, Vol. 66, #3, Chanukah 2011) Introduction The political Left is a broad church, so it follows that any discussion of its views and tendencies apply to some of its constituent groups and not to others. The groups to which I will be
(Author: Shelley Glaser, Vol. 69, No. 3, Chanukah 2014) The State of Israel is a country under ideological siege. Critics of the Jewish state advance their agenda by employing a number of dubious political comparisons. They accuse Israel of being an apartheid, racist, colonial
(Author: Chuck Volpe, Vol. 67, No. 3, Chanukah 2012) “Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K. He knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested.” So begins Franz Kafka’s classic novel The Trial. The strange sense of guiltless guilt
(Author: David Saks, Vol. 68, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2013) Up until the end of the last century, it was still not uncommon for the view to be expressed by acknowledged experts in the field that antisemitism was largely a spent force, still present at
