FROM THE FILTER

Developing Intolerance
Michael Kimmelman assesses the rise of anti-Semitism in Hungary. While Communism attempted to eradicate differences, the opposite may have since become a problem: "What is now being denied here is the notion that Jews, no matter how we behave, are the same as non-Jews," a sociologist tells him.
05.08.08 | EMAIL | PERMALINK

By Any Other Name
Haaretz reprints a letter in which writer Aharon Reuveni claims credit for naming the Jewish state in 1948. In it, he summarily rejects "all manner of bizarre, faulty, untoward and tasteless names" including "State of the Hebrews." Israel, he wrote, "hints at man's war with the forces of nature, which is the basis for all human progress."
05.07.08 | EMAIL | PERMALINK

Midwestern Hospitality
After gathering articfacts for the past 14 years, Jewish Museum Milwaukee has opened its doors, and has a special display about native daughter Golda Meir. The city "is a microcosm of America," says the museum's executive director.
05.06.08 | EMAIL | PERMALINK

Secret Garden
A Torah that lay buried in a cemetery in Poland for 60 years—hidden by a synagogue caretaker shortly before the Nazis stormed in—is being rededicated today in its new home, NYC's Central Synagogue. The N.Y. Times has the whole epic story, which involves sneaking parchment panels into Auschwitz.
04.30.08 | EMAIL | PERMALINK

Problem Solvers
Benny Morris's latest book, 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War, is "a commanding, superbly documented, and fair-minded study," writes David Remnick. Morris "makes every attempt at depth and balance" despite professing a "cosmic pessimism" about the state of the Middle East.
    Salon takes a look at J Street, a progressive PAC aiming "to redefine what it means to be pro-Israel."
04.29.08 | EMAIL | PERMALINK

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