by Thomas M. Alpert and Fred Guttman | Jun 28, 2019 | Opinion
The eminent Holocaust historian, Raul Hilberg, refers to the Nazi concentration camps as part of an overall “destruction process” of the 6 million in his book, “The Destruction of the European Jews.” They were places of harsh labor, torture and death. One such camp...
by Fred Guttman | Jan 18, 2013 | Opinion
In 2004, Ted Koppel, the host of “Nightline,” decided to devote the last 20 minutes of his program to reading the names of more than 700 soldiers who had died in Iraq. Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns the local ABC affiliate, refused to show the...
by Fred Guttman | Jan 4, 2013 | Opinion
In 1903 in Kishinev, which was then part of Russia, there was a terrible pogrom, an anti-Jewish riot. During that riot, 49 Jews were killed and more than 500 were injured. In its aftermath, the Jewish community in the town of Odessa sent a well-known Zionist and...
by Fred Guttman | Sep 14, 2012 | Opinion
In the summer after the tragedy of Sept. 11, my family visited Stone Mountain, Ga., for the incredible laser show. I remember three songs from that show: Ray Charles’ “Georgia On My Mind,” The Charlie Daniels Band’s “The Devil Went Down...
by Fred Guttman | Oct 6, 2011 | Opinion
Editor’s note: The column below is excerpted from the Rosh Hashanah sermon by Rabbi Fred Guttman at Temple Emanuel in Greensboro, N.C. This past summer during the debt crisis, I happened to hear Jackson Browne’s classic song “Running on Empty.”...
