October 29, 2013

Fritz Kuhn and the German-American Bund

Jewish Journal October 29, 2013

Everyone is familiar with Adolf Hitler and the rise and fall of Nazi Germany. Few remember that in the mid- to late-1930s the United States experienced a Nazi crusade of its own, one led by Fritz Julius Kuhn (1896-1951), a radical anti-Semite who dreamed of a fascist America led by a Nazi president. Kuhn never realized his dream, but he did develop a national Nazi movement–complete with propaganda wing, youth group, and its own version of the Schutzstaffel (SS)–that inspired a concerted effort (among politicians, law enforcement and media alike) to destroy him and his organization.

Shmuel Rosner October 29, 2013

White House, amid heating tensions with Israel, to brief Jewish leaders on Iran

Jewish Journal October 29, 2013

Amid an escalation of signals that the Obama and Netanyahu governments are parting ways on Iran strategy, the White House called in American Jewish leaders for a briefing on short notice.

U.N. inspectors hold ‘very productive’ nuclear talks with Iran

Jewish Journal October 29, 2013

The U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran held \”very productive\” talks this week on how to advance a long-blocked investigation into Iranian atomic activities and will meet again in Tehran next month, they said in a rare joint statement on Tuesday.

The night Lou Reed came to my house

Jewish Journal October 29, 2013

Lou Reed’s death on Sunday has made me think not just of his music but of his life, and specifically about when his life and mine briefly intersected, back when my brother Frank and I entertained him at our parents’ Philadelphia home, unbeknownst to mom and dad.