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3Aug

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Literature

Selling the Holocaust

Menachem Kaiser, author of Plunder, in Complex Sobon, one of seven underground Nazi structures that comprise Project Riese in Lower Silesia, Poland. Photo: Jason Francisco Conversation Posted by Arielle Angel A few years ago, I watched the writer Menachem Kaiser deliver a presentation on Holocaust writing as a genre at a retreat for grandchildren of Holocaust survivors—often called “3Gs”—planned by Jewish Currents Contributing Editor Maia Ipp. Kaiser, who had just begun working on a memoir about his attempt to reclaim a building in Poland that had belonged to his grandfather’s family before the war, led us in a discussion of the countless published witness testimonies—most of them purely utilitarian—as well as the mass-market “return narratives” of survivor des...

2Aug

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Literature

Does Socialism Have a PR Problem?

BY SONALI KOLHATKAR New York’s second-largest city, Buffalo, has essentially elected a socialist mayor. India Walton, who calls herself “very proud” to be a democratic socialist, swept past incumbent mayor Byron Brown in Buffalo’s Democratic mayoral primary race on June 22. Walton’s victory is reminiscent of recent shocking election upsets where self-proclaimed socialists, particularly in the state of New York, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman, have beaten establishment favorites. Because Buffalo residents have reliably chosen Democratic mayors for decades, Republicans didn’t even bother putting up a candidate, and Walton is expected to prevail against any write-in opponents in November’s general election. Walton’s achievement is...

29Jul

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Celan at 100

byJewish Currents This folio appears in our Spring 2021 issue. Subscribe now to receive a copy in your mailbox. LAST YEAR marked the centennial of the birth of Paul Celan, who wrote some of the most potent and haunting poetry of the 20th century. Celan—born Paul Antschel in Czernowitz, Romania (now part of Ukraine) in 1920—lived a life scarred by personal and historical tragedy. In 1942, his parents were taken to a Nazi concentration camp, where they both died; Celan himself survived eighteen months in a labor camp. These experiences, especially the murder of his mother, cast a long shadow over the rest of his life, and deeply informed his poetics. In the last years of the war, Celan moved to Bucharest, then Vienna, before settling in Paris in 1...

Film review: Judas and the Black Messiah

29Jun

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Film review: Judas and the Black Messiah

A searing reminder of the need for class unity in the battle for socialism. Proletarian writers Subscribe to our channel The life and teachings of the Black Panthers’ young ‘Chairman Fred’ remain starkly relevant to workers in the imperialist heartlands today, more than 50 years after his assassination by the US state. “I am a revolutionary! I AM a revolutionary! I AM a revolutionary!” With these words, he addressed a public meeting called by the Black Panthers in Chicago in 1968, encouraging the audience in the vigorous call and response style of America’s black churches until the whole body was enthusiastically joined in making the same avowal. The audience comprised not just the Panthers’ members and followers but also members of ...

On Edward Said: Remembrance of Things Past

24Jun

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Literature, Middle East, Palestine Affairs

On Edward Said: Remembrance of Things Past

By Hamid Dabashi, Haymarket Books, 2020, paperback, 250 pp. MEB $19.95 Reviewed by Walter L. Hixson Hamid Dabashi has produced an engaging autobiographical tribute to his close friend and colleague at Columbia University, the renowned theorist and Palestinian activist Edward Said, who died in September 2003 at age 67. Dabashi aptly describes the book as “At once a political and scholarly reminiscence about Said.” Comprised of a sprightly collection of memories, interviews, travelogues, short essays and more extended philosophical treatises, the book assesses Said’s political thought and activism as well as Dabashi’s own not inconsiderable intellectual contributions. Dabashi, an Iranian-born author, thinker, and Al Jazeera columnist, treasured Said as a close friend and i...

What Jerusalem Means to Us: Muslim Perspectives and Reflections

22Jun

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Literature, Middle East, Palestine Affairs, ZIO-NAZI

What Jerusalem Means to Us: Muslim Perspectives and Reflections

Edited by Saliba Sarsour and Carole Monica C. Burnett, Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation, 2021, paperback, 214 pp. MEB $19.95 Reviewed by Steve France In a just-published volume of essays, distinguished Muslims tell the world—and particularly Christians—what Jerusalem means to them: a shared holiness. They bear anguished witness to Israel’s ever deeper aggressions in occupied East Jerusalem, which includes the incomparable Old City and its historic and spiritual treasures. What also is striking, however, is how calm and confident the contributors are in making clear that Jerusalem simply can never be defined as the exclusive possession of any political power or any individual religion, and still be Jerusalem, however hard Israel and its devoted U.S. enab...

6Jun

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Literature, ZIO-NAZI

Hijacking history in Jews’ unholy books

“Using their distorted books; the Khazarian Mafia contrived to cheat their way into American history just as the Hebrew clergy did the Egyptian history long before” By Dr. Ashraf Ezzat By Dr. Ashraf Ezzat VT Alexandria, Egypt If fame and recognition is what you’re after, then the first thing you should do is spend a lot of time in the company of someone who is already famous and widely recognized. That would at least keep you near the spotlights for a while. You should also consider investing a lot of time learning new skills that might one day get you there. But if you haven’t got what it takes to make you one day enjoy bathing in the spotlights on your own, then this is when you should consider cheating your way to fame and recognition. What if I told you that you co...

Against Our Better Judgment: The Hidden History of How the U.S. Was Used to Create Israel

9May

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Literature, Palestine Affairs, ZIO-NAZI

Against Our Better Judgment: The Hidden History of How the U.S. Was Used to Create Israel

by: Alison Weir "Prodigiously documented... Alison Weir must be highly commended for throwing such a brilliantly hard light on the relationship between the United States and Israel. I hope this marvelous book gets all the attention it deserves." – Ambassador Andrew Killgore Soon after WWII, US statesman Dean Acheson warned that creating Israel on land already inhabited by Palestinians would “imperil” both American and all Western interests in the region. Despite warnings such as this one, President Truman supported establishing a Jewish state on land primarily inhabited by Muslims and Christians. Few Americans today are aware that US support enabled the creation of modern Israel. Even fewer know that US politicians pushed this policy over the forceful objections of top diplom...

8May

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Literature, Palestine Affairs, ZIO-NAZI

Arabs & Israel for Beginners

The history of the Middle East goes back about 12,000 years, most of which was not marked by fighting between Arabs and Jews.Documenting the Middle East from ancient times to present, Arabs & Israel for Beginners is one of few books cover the issues of both Jews and Arabs objectively, insightfully and in an easy-to-read style. Some of the provocative issues and topics that the book covers are the birth of "Western" civilization in the Middle East and Africa; the truth about ancient Israel from birth to destruction; the building of the "Walled" city of Jericho; the origin of Christianity; the real story of modern Israel's birth; Jewish history beginning with Abraham [c.2000 BC] & Moses [c. 1350 BC]; documented facts on the Arab-Israeli wars; the lowdown on the PLO, Intifada, US...

The Origin of the Palestine-Israel Conflict

8May

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Literature, Palestine Affairs, ZIO-NAZI

The Origin of the Palestine-Israel Conflict

By: Jews for Justice in the Middle East Published in Berkeley, CA, 2001 Jews for Justice has made this excellent resource available to people around the world. We have converted their booklet to a more easily copied format. Download it! As the periodic bloodshed continues in the Middle East, the search for an equitable solution must come to grips with the root cause of the conflict. The conventional wisdom is that, even if both sides are at fault, the Palestinians are irrational “terrorists” who have no point of view worth listening to. Our position, however, is that the Palestinians have a real grievance: their homeland for over a thousand years was taken, without their consent and mostly by force, during the creation of the state of Israel. And all subsequent crimes — on bo...