Israel’s Gaza Dilemma Won’t Go Away
And it could threaten Jerusalem-Washington relations.
May 31, 2019
Hungarian Jewry, Anti-Semitism, and the Paradox of Viktor Orban
Anti-Semitic advertisements don’t pose the same threat as anti-Semitic immigrants.
In a careful survey of the current state of Hungary, and the unusual career of its prime minister, Viktor Orban, who is now Europe’s leading opponent of what he terms “liberalism,” Christopher Caldwell touches on the question of anti-Semitism. The issue came to the fore in 2015, when the Hungarian-born, Jewish billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros began aiming his considerable financial and organizational resources against Orban, incensed especially by Orban’s refusals to allow mass immigration. By 2017, Orban and his Fidesz party had turned Soros into a bogeyman, placing anti-Soros posters and advertisements wherever they could:
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Hungarian Jewry, Anti-Semitism, and the Paradox of Viktor Orban
Anti-Semitic advertisements don’t pose the same threat as anti-Semitic immigrants.
Can Israel Turn Its Start-Up Boom into Sustainable Long-Term Economic Growth?
Turning sprinters into marathon-runners.
The Forgotten Story of the Japanese Schindler and His Nemesis in the Gestapo
Willy Foerster saved Jews, but was arrested for war crimes.
Mapping Divided Jerusalem
Rare maps show how the city was seen before its unification.