Category Archives: Russia

Two Hundred Years Together

Brian C. Anderson writes about the new biography: Mahoney devotes a chapter to defending Solzhenitsyn’s two-volume history of the relations between Russians and Jews, Two Hundred Years Together, from the accusations of anti-Semitism that some have made against it. The … Continue reading

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Israel Shows The Way Forward

Anthropologist Peter Frost writes: Westernization seemed to be the secret to success. In the 19th century, Ashkenazi Jews embraced it with the fervor of the newly converted, using Yiddishkeit as a vehicle to spread the ideals of the Enlightenment—progress, freedom, … Continue reading

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Tsarist Laws & Jewish Honesty

The Jew Accused: Three Anti-Semitic Affairs (Dreyfus, Beilis, Frank) 1894-1915: Bribery on the part of Jews seeking to evade the multitude of special laws concerning them became a way of life… Many conscientious police officials and members of the judiciary … Continue reading

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NYT: ‘Putin’s Kleptocracy,’ by Karen Dawisha

This New York Times book review says how terrible it is that Putin steals. “Her verdict is not merely that Putin’s boast of having built a potent, efficient state that fights for the little guy and against the venality of … Continue reading

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How Is Putin’s Intervention In The Ukraine Any Different From America’s Monroe Doctrine?

From Wikipedia: “The Monroe Doctrine was a US foreign policy regarding Latin American countries in 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as … Continue reading

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