Reviving a Century-Old French Plan to Partition Syria
The original nakba had nothing to do with the Zionists.
February 7, 2019
Samuel H. Friedman: An Anti-Communist, Zionist, Synagogue-Going Socialist
The socialist in the back of shul.
With U.S. politicians like Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib creating renewed interest in socialism, Elliot Jager reminisces about Samuel H. Friedman (1897-1990), who was the Socialist candidate for vice-president in the 1952 and 1956 elections. Late in his life, Friedman became a regular at the synagogue the young Jager attended on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. He writes:
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Iran Takes European Hostages, Plots Terrorist Attacks—and Stays in the EU’s Good Graces
Crossing pink lines.
A Pro-Jewish State of the Union
With a strong dose of reality.
John Stuart Mill, and His Liberalism, Were Not as Secular as Often Assumed
Liberal Man of Faith?
Samuel H. Friedman: An Anti-Communist, Zionist, Synagogue-Going Socialist
The socialist in the back of shul.