The Settlements, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Danger of Conflating Politics with Law
Whatever happened to “It’s legal, but it stinks”?
December 5, 2019
How Cowardice and Anti-Semitism Stopped One of the Earliest Anti-Nazi Films from Getting Made
The Mad Dog of Europe.
In 1933, Herman Mankiewicz—a writer and producer with a successful career at MGM—authored a screenplay for a movie called The Mad Dog of Europe, set in Transylvania (an obvious stand-in for Germany) and focusing on two families, one Jewish and the other Christian. Deeply scarred by his service in World War I, a member of the latter family then falls under the influence of a deranged former housepainter named Adolf Mitler, and melodrama ensues. Mankiewicz teamed up with the producer Sam Jaffe to make the movie, but their efforts, which continued right up until 1939, were thwarted at every turn, as Sydney Ladensohn Stern recounts:
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The Baby Bust and the New Progressive Turn against Marriage
In the era of polyamory and “escaping gender norms,” marriage becomes one script among many.
How Cowardice and Anti-Semitism Stopped One of the Earliest Anti-Nazi Films from Getting Made
The Mad Dog of Europe.
Understanding American Religious Freedom—beyond James Madison
Why the National Conference of Christians and Jews mattered.
A Supposed Letter from Joseph B. Soloveitchik Praising Meir Kahane Is a Fake
A misspelled signature and an uncharacteristic rebuke.