Its a Shanda that this crap happens in the YIVO building and the legacy of the Bundists who sweated, bled and died for YIVO and its archive will be rescued in the coming decades- mark my words.
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David Klion
Two weeks ago, the Center for Jewish History hosted a controversial all-day event featuring Bill Ackman, Marty Peretz, Leon Wieseltier, Deborah Lipstadt, Steven Pinker, Eli Lake, Jamie Kirchick, and more. I was there; here's my write-up for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
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- Cool! Some talks re: Soviet Jewish experience under Stalin and during WWII
- This place has lots of great talks, what is it?
- That's cool. I wonder why they moved to NYC and not Israel.
- Welp, never letting a Zionist accuse me of antisemitism again.
“When I was a bright young Jewish fascist, I said things I cannot bear to remember,” he said. “These are kids and they say virulent things, and they’re not going to hurt anybody.”
Sounds rather conditional then!