Catch the Holocaust Before It Disappears
January 15, 2024
A play and a movie are rare cultural sightings these days: they showcase Jews as victims.
Thane Rosenbaum
Thane Rosenbaum is a novelist, essayist, law professor and Distinguished University Professor at Touro University, where he directs the Forum on Life, Culture & Society. He has written numerous works of fiction and nonfiction and hundreds of essays in major national and global publications. He is the legal analyst for CBS News Radio and appears regularly on cable TV news programs. His most recent book is entitled, “Beyond Proportionality: Israel's Just War in Gaza."
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Art and Belligerency Off-Broadway
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Speech That Endangers Jewish Lives is Sweeping America
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Provocative words like “genocide” and “globalize the intifada” from pro-Hamas sympathizers is nothing less than the sanctioning of violence toward Jews.
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