A brief word in respect for Labour MP Gerald Kaufman, who passed away a few days ago. And also on the story of Hannah Arendt (pictured above); one of the twentieth century’s most important writers. Kaufman, who served as a Member of Parliament from 1970 until his death in 2017, was the longest-serving MP in the House. It was curious that Kaufman happened to pass away at precisely the time I was putting the finishing touches on a very extensive article that I’ve been working on since December – specifically about the extremist nationalists in Israel and about Israeli agencies’ … Continue reading From Hannah Arendt to Gerald Kaufman: The “Self-Hating Jews” Who Survived the Holocaust…