
France, Antisemitism and Dr. Seuss
The best way to honor Ilan鈥檚 memory is both to condemn those who desecrated his memorial, and to stand up against all those who commit anti-91传媒 atrocities.
Dr. Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies; his most recent book is his most recent book is "The Road to October 7: Hamas, the Holocaust, and the Eternal War Against the Jews"

The best way to honor Ilan鈥檚 memory is both to condemn those who desecrated his memorial, and to stand up against all those who commit anti-91传媒 atrocities.


The Allies faced similar dilemmas during World War II, yet that never stopped them from bombing necessary targets.

To prove his loyalty to his party, and no doubt to fend off challenges from Mamdani supporters (such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez), Sen. Schumer has chosen to join them rather than fight them.

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But when will Harvard finally acknowledge other racist stains on its record鈥攕uch as the friendly relations it pursued with Nazi Germany in the 1930s?

Once Jews were dehumanized, killing them became not only permissible but admirable.

Public apologies of this sort have a certain symbolic value, since they represent a belated but necessary acknowledgment of historical truth. Whether or not the current mayor has truly learned from the mistakes of the past is another question.