Posts Tagged: Alfred Dreyfus
Amid Antisemitism Controversy, BBC Calls Alfred Dreyfus a ‘Notorious Jewish Spy’
The BBC’s relationship with the UK Jewish community seems to have become increasingly strained this year. Earlier this month, many Jews were appalled by a...
UK Labour Shadow Chancellor Sparks Outrage by Comparing Assange Case to Dreyfus Affair
The UK Labour party’s shadow chancellor of the exchequer set off a storm of controversy on Thursday when he referred to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's...
Filmmaker Roman Polanski’s Film About French-Jewish Officer Framed for Treason Premieres
Roman Polanski's new film "An Officer and a Spy," a portrayal of the notorious Dreyfus Affair in 19th-century France, premiered at the Venice Film Festival...
The Prague Cemetery, by Umberto Eco (REVIEW)
The Prague Cemetery, by Umberto Eco, trans. Richard Dixon (HoughtonMifflinHarcourt, 2011). The center of this novel is The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a...
Zionism Before Herzl
Around the time the French-Jewish Captain Alfred Dreyfus was falsely accused of treason in the late 19th century, Zionist forerunner Theodor Herzl concluded...
