Tag Archives: Holocaust
The Iran hostage crisis, the Stasi and why the past cannot be left behind
I ate my first Passover Seder meal recently, as a guest of Rabbi Jonathan Romain at his synagogue. I had had the ingredients and their symbolic meaning on the seder table memorized since that sheet Miss Thick gave me to … Continue reading
Posted in Crime and Justice, Germany, History, Religion, Uncategorized
Tagged 70s, Holocaust, Iran, Iran hostage crisis, kindertransport, Obama, Passover, Stasi, Thomas Tsasz, US Embassy Tehran
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From Roots to Amina: A history of the well-meant liberal hoax
The liberal hoax for a “good cause” has a long tradition. Most bizarre in Tom MacMaster’s defence of his long and increasingly reported fake identity as Amina Arraf, an imprisoned lesbian Syrian blogger, was his claim that he was challenging … Continue reading
Posted in Books, journalism, Music, Politics, TV, Uncategorized
Tagged books, Holocaust, journalism, literature, media, politics, publishing, Syria, tv, war
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