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Category Archives: Holocaust
The Victimization Olympics
American Jewish historian Peter Novick writes in his book The Holocaust in American Life: …But the success of Jews in gaining permanent possession of center stage for their tragedy, and their equal success in making it the benchmark against which … Continue reading
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RamzPaul: Israel rejects ALL refugees. Are Israeli politicians racist Internet trolls? Please do elaborate.
Jesse Berney writes for Rolling Stone: GOP Politicians Rejecting Refugees Sound Like Racist Internet Trolls When our elected officials start spouting rhetoric like that found in the ugliest corners of the Internet, watch out. White supremacists didn’t like my suggestion … Continue reading
The Holocaust Denial Mindset
The essence of the Holocaust denial mind is this: “You forced us to do this. We never wanted to kill innocents such as women and children, but you gave us no choice with your radical destructive war on everything we … Continue reading
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Holocaust Museum Sees a U.S. Duty to Syrian Refugees
Chaim Amalek: “Jesus Christ, if there is one argument that the friends of Israel (which I assume includes the Holocaust Museum) need to avoid making, it is this one. Otherwise, the goyim might well ask why Israel is not accepting … Continue reading
The Jewish Imperative To Help Syrian Refugees
Hugo Schwyzer writes on FB: In 1938, my Jewish grandparents fled Austria for England with my young father and his sister. The rest of the family perished in the Holoicaust. When war broke out in 1939 my grandfather was briefly … Continue reading
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Settler rabbi: Paris attacks are payback for the Holocaust
Whenever rabbis say that horrific events happened because of X, Y, Z sins, they look stupid, they make Judaism look stupid, and they make Jews look horrible. Diaspora rabbis are less likely to say such things because they live as … Continue reading
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Oh, wonderful, another “we can’t stop the flow Because Holocaust” essay
Rex Brynen is a professor of political science at McGill University: First, it is important to recognize there is a risk that a small number of extremists might infiltrate refugee flows. Advocates for generous asylum policies — of which I … Continue reading
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NYT: Anne Frank’s Diary Gains ‘Co-Author’ in Copyright Move
I am curious how substantial was Otto Frank’s role in writing and editing “Anne Frank’s Diary.” If it was substantial and the diary was sold to us as the work of a girl, were we defrauded? Perhaps more skepticism of … Continue reading
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German grandmother, 87, is sentenced to ten months in jail for denying the Holocaust and saying Auschwitz was ‘just a labour camp’
Germany jails people for voicing opinions about history. Europeans should all get cards that sketch out which opinions you are allowed to voice and which opinions will get you sentenced to jail. Should all anti-Jewish opinions be illegal? What about … Continue reading
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TabletMag Investigates Holocaust Deniers
I rewrote this post in April 2026. Mark Oppenheimer begins his 2009 four-part series: “In his long lifetime, James von Brunn—the 88-year-old who earlier this month allegedly shot and killed United States Holocaust Memorial Museum guard Stephen Johns—managed to embody … Continue reading
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