Daily Archives: September 11, 2015

IS DELPHINE HORVILLEUR THE FEMALE RABBI WHO WILL SAVE FRANCE?

From Tabletmag.com: The ‘secular rabbi,’ who gained notoriety in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, skillfully negotiates the borders of ‘laïcité’ in a republic that remains on edge …While her progressivism has made her a darling of secular society, … Continue reading

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TabletMag: SONIA NAZARIO’S CHUTZPAH GIVES A VOICE TO LATIN AMERICA’S VOICELESS MIGRANTS

Report: Like many Jews, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author comes from a family that was persecuted and that migrated. She continues to help people fleeing violence and hopelessness. Some might call Sonia Nazario a heroine. Others might call her … Continue reading

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Swamping Europe With Muslims

Clancy Sigal writes: FAR FROM HOME, IN NEED OF HELP—BUT FROM WHERE? As millions of Syrian refugees search for safety, their dire situation is reminiscent of those who fled Nazi Germany via British kindertransports …Full marks then to Angela Merkel … Continue reading

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Understanding Hitler’s Hatred Of Jews

Historian Timothy Snyder (author of Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning): So what Hitler does is he inverts; he reverses the whole way we think about ethics, and for that matter the whole way we think about science. … Continue reading

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Der Spiegel: The Man Who Divided Germany: Why Sarrazin’s Integration Demagoguery Has Many Followers

From Der Spiegel in 2010: Rarely has a man influenced the German public discourse as much as Sarrazin has done with his book “Deutschland schafft sich ab” (“Germany Does Itself In”). In just two weeks, Germany has been hit by … Continue reading

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