Anti-Semitism

From the European magazines; Konrad, Gyorgy and Poland’s investigation of its own Anti-Semitic history

By at 6 June, 2008, 9:57 am

Sightandsound.com does a great job of summarizing what’s been appearing the European press of literary or cultural note. Two items I want to bring to your attention, Gyorgy Konrad, author of “The Case Worker: among many other important works on the importance of Memory. Nepszabadsag 10.05.2008 (Hungary)Does man need to remember? There is no question […]

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JEWISH LIKE AMY FINE COLLINS at VanityFair.com

By at 4 June, 2008, 12:10 pm

Amy Fine Collins, who often writes on fashion, and who administrates the International Best Dressed List, has written an exclusive web piece for VanityFair.com called “Jewish Like Me” about her own feelings and experiences, and coming to terms with her Jewish identity. Like many journalists, sometimes the best stories you have to tell, are the […]

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Anti-Semitism in Poland after WWII: Polish officials shocked, shocked shocked!

By at 25 January, 2008, 10:57 am

This week’s  sign and sight newsletter features an article about the controversy in Poland over the Polish publication of Princeton historian Jan Tomas Grosz’s book “Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland after Auschwitz.” As Polish professor Jakub Kloc-Konkolowicz explains, Grosz book makes the point that: The Holocaust victims were confronted with more or less open hostility on […]

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