Judaica

Revisionism is not about Jews or the Jewish religion. It just happens to deal with an aspect of history in which Jews play a major role. Hence it is inevitable that Jewish topics are raised on occasion, and we aren’t going to avoid them here either.

A Political Prisoner in Israel

“The question is not whether I can bear it — but should I?” July 14, 1997 Salamat! My name is Fadia and I am a student at the University of California at Berkeley. I just chanced upon your page and was really impressed, especially by the breadth of articles you've posted. My uncle, Wissam Rafeedie,…

Stop the Quiet Deportation in East Jerusalem

Dear Friend, I am writing on behalf of two Israeli human rights organizations, B'Tselem and Hamoked, to seek your assistance in a public campaign we are conducting against what we call “the quiet deportation” of Palestinians from East Jerusalem. [See further below for more background information; ed.] Israeli residency policies have caused the displacement of…

A Typical Day in Israel, Sept. 25, 1996

Arutz Sheva News Service Wednesday, September 25, 1996 / Tishrei 12, 5757 Headlines PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE INCREASES NETZARIM INTERSECTION UNDER PLO SIEGE HASMONEAN TUNNEL TO BE FURTHER EXCAVATED JEWS SPEND FIRST SHABBAT IN JERICHO NETANYAHU IN EUROPE THE EGYPTIAN VIEW FM LEVY IN NEW YORK ISRAELI NEGOTIATORS DID NOT MEET HEBRON'S JEWS BAR ILAN AVE. DELIBERATIONS…

Crucifixion of the Jews Must Stop!

(Former Governor of the State of N.Y.) The American Hebrew, October 31, 1919: page 582 From across the sea six million men and women call to us for help, and eight hundred thousand little children cry for bread. These children, these men and women are our fellow-members of the human family, with the same claim…

New Holocaust museum director promotes the uniqueness of the Jewish genocide

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council named a new director for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum this week who is known for his position on the uniqueness of the Holocaust. Steven Katz, a 50-year-old professor of history and religion at Cornell University, will succeed founding director Jeshajahu Weinberg, 76, who is retiring. Katz's appointment has refocused…

Not facing history

In the recent flap over the Holocaust curriculum “Facing History and Ourselves,” it was easy enough to demolish the criticisms offered of the program. Christina Jeffrey, Newt Gingrich's nominee for House historian, had, it turned out, recommended that the program be denied a Department of Education grant because it did not present the Nazi “point…

Not Only Jews

Tel Aviv — A plan to teach Israeli high school students that the Holocaust was not history's only genocide — that it also happened to other peoples like the Armenians and Gypsies — has touched some sensitive nerves here. Last fall, the people in charge of curriculum in Israeli schools enthusiastically gave the go-ahead to…

Montreal lawyer says Jewish leaders are trying to manipulate the community

As far as Mountreal's Jewish community is concerned, Julius Grey's timing and statements could not have been more outrageous. Hundreds of community members called radio talk shows, rabbis, friends and communal organizations last week in response to the renowned lawyer's public comments that anti-Semitism and the Holocaust were being manipulated by Jewish leaders in an…

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