Today's New York Times features a book review written by Harold Bloom about A History of Anti-Semitism in England by Anthony Julius.
He begins his review by thanking his father for having the good sense to migrate to New York City, after moving from Odessa to London.
He concludes his review with the following paragraphs.
"To protest the policies of the Israeli government actually can be regarded as true philo-Semitism, but to disallow the existence of the Jewish state is another matter. Of the nearly 200 recognized nation-states in the world today, something like at least half are more reprehensible than even the worst aspects of Israel’s policy toward the Palestinians. A curious blindness informs the shifting standards of current English anti-Zionism.
I admire Julius for the level tone with which he discusses this sanctimonious intelligentsia, who really will not rest until Israel is destroyed."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/books/review/Bloom-t.html?hpw
A second review discusses a book by Emmanuel Faye in which he discusses Martin Heidegger’s Nazi affiliations. Click on the link below to read the review.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/books/review/Kirsch-t.html?hpw
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