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Who designed the Beetle?

The Jerusalem Post reported yesterday on a new book claiming that the designer of the iconic Volkswagen Beetle, a car tainted by its Nazi associations, was actually designed by a Jew, Josef Ganz, who unsurprisingly never got the credit. The Post understandably zeroes in on the irony of a Jew being responsible for the car […]

Israeli film takes top prize in Venice

An Israeli film that tells the story of Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in 1982 won the highest award at the Venice Film Festival.

Greenwald, Podhoretz, neocons, Jews, and where danger lies

Glenn Greenwald, the influential constitutionalist at Salon, misrepresents Norman Podhoretz, who misrepresents American Jewish behavior, and now I’ve got a headache. Let’s dispense first with Podhoretz, and without the depth I’d prefer — because I consider more insidious Greenwald’s misrepresentation in its creepy insinuation that neoconservative support for Israel is treasonous. Podhoretz, in the Wall […]

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Who designed the Beetle?

Israeli film takes top prize in Venice

Greenwald, Podhoretz, neocons, Jews, and where danger lies

U.S. accepts Iranian offer for talks

Traficant: Israel has ‘stranglehold’ on U.S.

RAC happy with new ‘timetable’ from Congress on sanctions

Biden hosts Rosh Hashana gathering for Jewish leaders

Making Iran more than a ‘Jewish issue’

Hoenlein rips those ‘sowing discord’ on Iran

Remembering Sept. 11

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