Revolution
This Russian TV Show Claims Trotsky Was Real Force Behind 1917 Revolution
Historians say that the portrayal of Trotsky “smells like anti-Semitism.”
WATCH: Bernie Says the Revolution Is Now
Bernie Sanders has a message for liberals despairing after the victory of President-elect Donald Trump — it’s as good a time as ever to stick up for the “political revolution” the Vermont senator advocated in the Democratic primary.
That Time a Jewess Joined the Daughters of the American Revolution
Abigail Minis was a widow, in her eighties and Jewish, but that didn’t stop her from doing her part to fight the British during the Revolutionary War. She put her skills and resources as an innkeeper to use and paid for food for soldiers fighting for American independence in 1779 in Savannah, Georgia.
Why Tiny Ukraine Jewish Community Plays Key Role in Propaganda War
Jews make up just 0.2% of Ukraine’s population. So why are both sides using the specter of anti-Semitism as a key weapon in their propaganda arsenals?
Jewish Federations of North America Launches Ukraine Assistance Fund
The Jewish Federations of North America has launched a Ukraine Assistance Fund
Some Crimea Jews Express Support For Russian Military Incursion in Crimea
While many Ukrainian Jews have strongly condemned the Russian military incursion into Crimea, others see the intervention as restoring order in the wake of a violent revolution.
Venice Film Festival to Show Egypt's 'Winter of Discontent' about Tahrir Square, Revolution
The Winter of Discontent, a film centered on last year’s political upheaval in Egypt is set to premiere at this year’s Venice film festival. The movie is set against the backdrop of political activism and protests in Tahrir Square, which led to the overthrow of the autocratic Mubarek government. While for one of the film’s stars, the regime change in Egypt was welcome, an uncertain future remains. Actor/producer Amr Waked: “It was humiliating to humanity to exist under such conditions and I had reached this stage where, you know, people asked me because I travel a lot, I worked all over the world and most people tell me ‘you’re educated, cultured - how can you take Mubarak for so long?’ And that’s when you go like this and you look at the floor and I don’t have anything to tell them. And that was embarrassing and humiliating and that is no more. How can I take the Muslim Brothers? Well 51 per cent chose the Muslim Brothers, 49 didn’t and i have a feeling that whoever wins in the future will always be like that.” The events of spring 2011 have also led to mixed emotions for the film’s director. Director Ibrahim El Batout: “I’ve been frustrated and depressed for the last six months because of what’s happened in policy - the Muslim Brothers coming, mixing religion with politics, which is crap for me. It will never work. It doesn’t work. But at least we’re starting to understand what democracy is about. I never voted in my entire life, I’m 49. Never ever voted in my life and …
Tunisian Jews After the Revolution
Tunisian Jews After the Revolution
Life of the Dead: The Jewish Cemetery of Tunis
Life of the Dead: The Jewish Cemetery of Tunis
In Song: Korach
Each week The Arty Semite connects the Torah reading — however tenuously — with a classic work of rock and roll.