Новости за 19.03.2018

Trayon White Sr., a Democratic councilman in Washington D.C.’s 8th Ward, has apologized for saying that the snowfall that occurred on his Friday morning commute was the work of the Rothschild family’s weather control system. Rothschild-centric conspiracy theories have often served as wink-wink stand-ins for complaints about secretive cabals of Jewish financiers.

It’s not that common that an Israeli indie rock band will go all the way from the Middle-East to tour all over the USA. Usually, the itinerary would stay within the limits of Europe, and flying all the way across the Atlantic demands a good enough reason. In the case of Lola Marsh, a romantic folk-pop duo from Tel Aviv, an invitation to showcase in SxSW music festival in Austin is definitely worth the time, money, and effort. After nine successful gigs over five days in the Texas capitol, also known as the “Live Music Capitol of The World”... Читать дальше...

The great ground-breaking historian David S. Wyman died on March 14, at the age of 89.  He is best-known as the author of the landmark study, The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust.  A number of years ago, I wrote a tribute to David, which he had been kind enough to review and approve.  I have now updated and expanded it slightly, and pass it on with deep sadness at the loss this remarkable man.

We hear the term a lot these days, but anyone familiar with the Yiddish press of the early Twentieth Century knows that “fake news” isn’t exactly new. Let me refer you to the 1913 report in Warsaw’s daily Haynt, in which the esteemed religious scholar, Hillel Zeitlin, was seen eating a pork chop in a train station in Pinsk.

We hear the term a lot these days, but anyone familiar with the Yiddish press of the early Twentieth Century knows that “fake news” isn’t exactly new. Let me refer you to the 1913 report in Warsaw’s daily Haynt, in which the esteemed religious scholar, Hillel Zeitlin, was seen eating a pork chop in a train station in Pinsk.

We hear the term a lot these days, but anyone familiar with the Yiddish press of the early Twentieth Century knows that “fake news” isn’t exactly new. Let me refer you to the 1913 report in Warsaw’s daily Haynt, in which the esteemed religious scholar, Hillel Zeitlin, was seen eating a pork chop in a train station in Pinsk.

Next time you find yourself craving matzo ball soup on a chill March evening in Tokyo, do not panic.

If there ever was an Israeli celebrity chef, Omer Miller is it. But despite the fact he had a cooking show on cable TV at one point in his career, it’s his knack for social media that truly made him famous—among fans and critics alike.

As a Hungarian Holocaust survivor, I was horrified to discover a recent book by a right-wing journalist called Paul Bogdanor, titled Kasztner’s Crime, in which he accuses the Labor Zionist leader of collaborating with the SS. I’m not a journalist or politician, but I was there! It also happens that Otto Komoly, president of the Budapest Jewish Rescue Committee (JRC), was my uncle, and I have access to his wartime diary, and through it a well-grounded understanding of the heroic work of the JRC. Читать дальше...