To understand the blindness of our Supreme Court, look to the land of Alfred Dreyfus
As France burns, we can witness the consequences of so-called 'race neutrality'
As France burns, we can witness the consequences of so-called 'race neutrality'
A London exhibit at the Wiener Holocaust Library examines the historical context of the world's oldest hatred
History fated Emile Zola and Alfred Dreyfus to forever be footnotes in each otherâs stories. Dreyfus, a military officer wrongly convicted of treason, sparked an antisemitism scandal that split French society into factions. Zola, the celebrated writer who penned the famed pro-Dreyfus open letter âJâAccuse,â would face legal trouble of his own for doing soâŠ.
âAn Officer and a Spy,â Roman Polanskiâs 2019 movie about the Dreyfus Affair, is spare, modern and steeped in controversy. If it werenât for the horses and high boots, youâd forget youâre watching the past. If it werenât for the fact that Polanski directed it, you would have seen it by now. The movie doesâŠ
The infamous story of the 1894 conspiracy against French Jewish Captain Alfred Dreyfus for treason is being dramatized at Brooklynâs BAM Fisher in a multi-media production, âThe Dreyfus Affair,â based on texts and music from that period. The performance by The Ensemble for the Romantic Century (ERC) includes excerpts from the politically charged opera âLaâŠ
JERUSALEM (JTA) â France rejected the Israeli defense ministerâs comparison of next monthâs Middle East peace summit in Paris to the anti-Semitic Dreyfus trial. French Foreign Ministry officials said Monday that the Jan. 15 meeting was being held to âre-affirmâ the international communityâs commitment to a two-state solution. Earlier in the day, Avigdor Liberman toldâŠ
Once again, France is having an affair with the affair â the Dreyfus Affair. On November 4, Le Monde published a controversial essay by Israeli sociologist Eva Illouz, titled âIsrael: Justice or Tribalism,â in which she views contemporary Israel through the prism of this 19th-century event. Israel, she concludes, lacks the political and legal ingredientsâŠ
Itâs dĂ©jĂ vu all over again at the Academy Awards: The nation that gave us motion pictures stands to sweep the Oscars, which will be broadcast February 26. Leading the new wave of French-made or French-inspired movies this year is, of course, Martin Scorseseâs âHugo,â with 11 nominations. Through the use of new technologies likeâŠ