Crossposted from Haaretz In 1979, Channel One broadcast “Memories of the Eichmann Trial,” a documentary directed for the Israeli television station by David Perlov. The movie, shot on 16mm film, was aired only once and for the 32 years since has remained unseen in the channel’s archives. The director, who passed away in 2003, did…
Last week, Deborah Lipstadt wrote about eerie anniversaries and Hannah Arendt. Her blog posts are being featured this week on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish Learning’s Author Blog series. For more information on the series, please visit: This blog entry appears during the time that we mark Yom…
On Wednesday, Deborah Lipstadt wrote about eerie anniversaries. She is the author of the new book “The Eichmann Trial.” Her blog posts are being featured this week on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish Learning’s Author Blog series. For more information on the series, please visit: I have spent…
Deborah Lipstadt’s most recent book, “The Eichmann Trial,” is now available. Her blog posts are being featured this week on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish Learning’s Author Blog series. For more information on the series, please visit: It was the 50th anniversary of the start of the Eichmann…
Israeli authors such as David Grossman and Amos Oz are protesting their government’s decision to deport Palestinian bookstore owner Munther Fahmi. A 2,000-year-old synagogue in the Libyan town of Yefren is said to have been destroyed by government forces. On the 50th anniversary of the Eichmann Trial, Deborah E. Lipstadt looks at six of the…
Curt Schleier goes to see “Peep World,” where Jews finally attain the dysfunctional status of WASPs. Philologos noses around with exasperation. Michelle Sieff adjudicates Deborah Lipstadt’s arguments with Hannah Arendt in “The Eichmann Trial.” Katherine Clarke looks into Southeastern Europe’s first Holocaust Museum in Skopje, Macedonia. Raphael Mostel celebrates a renewed interest in the strange…
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