http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/why-dreyfus-matters/ Though it appeared almost two weeks ago, given the continued hand-wringing over the state of anti-Semitism in Europe, Adam Gopnik’s piece on the Dreyfus Affair in the Sept. 28 issue of the New Yorker, which reviews Louis Begley’s new book on the subject, is very much worth a read. As he notes, despite the current predicament, France is the only country outside of Israel that has had multiple Jewish heads of state in its history, and whose current president, foreign minister and national security adviser are, by Hitlerian standards, Jewish.  en-us bharris@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-09T;18:35:00-05:00 sschwartz@inbox.com Which is even more evidence that “Meatball Misfit” is delusional and a hater! Which is even more evidence that “Meatball Misfit” is delusional and a hater!

]]> 2012-05-24T;14:04:00-05:00 stan@eterna.net Meatball, Mordechai wasn’t head of state and Achiminidjad isn’t Jewish (and never was). Meatball, Mordechai wasn’t head of state and Achiminidjad isn’t Jewish (and never was).

]]> 2012-05-24T;14:04:00-05:00 jcappiello@knology.net The trial of Dreyfus led to Herzl’s realization that the antisemitism in Europe would eventually destroy the Jews living there.  As a result, he sought to find a homeland where Jews would be safe.  Unfortuantly this homeland only came into being after half of Europe’s Jews were slaughtered. The trial of Dreyfus led to Herzl’s realization that the antisemitism in Europe would eventually destroy the Jews living there.  As a result, he sought to find a homeland where Jews would be safe.  Unfortuantly this homeland only came into being after half of Europe’s Jews were slaughtered.

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