More in ‘pogroms’

Conservative Accuses Obama of ‘Pogrom’

19th-century Russians sue for trademark violation
By Marc Tracy | 12:00 PM Feb 18, 2010

Every week, it seems, someone compares something pretty minor, or not black-and-white, to the Holocaust, and we groan and roll our eyes and take umbrage and get sleepy and take a nap so that we’re ready to do it all over again the following week. This week, however, Ken Blackwell, a prominent Ohio Republican and ...

Middle East

What Happened in Hebron?

Considering the settlements on the 80th anniversary of a massacre
By Seth Lipsky | 7:00 AM Aug 19, 2009

Jews this week will be marking the 80th anniversary of the Hebron massacre that began on August 23, 1929. It is one of the most horrible pogroms in all of history. With a new American administration seeking to portray Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria as obstacles to peace, one wonders what would happen—what would ...