During a generation when the American left turned against the Jewish State, the magazine presented a robust, eloquent and at times inspiring counter-vision.
The breakup of The New Republic magazine is an occasion to think about its most important scoop – a liberal defense of Zionism. In a season when the American left turned against the Jewish State, The New Republic was a robust, eloquent and at times inspiring advocate. Even many of us on the right reckon that if debate strengthens Israel’s cause, The New Republic will be among those papers that deserve a portion of pride. Herewith is a sampler of three of my favorite TNR dispatches on this head:
Sanhedrin II: The case of Ivan Demjanjuk
This is a reprise of the decision of Israel’s Supreme Court to free Demjanjuk even though it had concluded, to a certainty, that he had served at Sobibor. The court’s decision is one of the ghastliest errors ever made by an Israeli institution. It was greeted in The New Republic by a nuanced and illuminating essay by a superstar of the American appeals bench, Judge Alex Kozinski, who rides the Ninth United States Circuit.
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