I hate to admit it, but I have no choice. I've started to look forward to the weekly one-hour shows of the History Channel series, "Project Blue Book." My initial response to the debut episode two weeks ago was that it was trash: awful as history, mediocre as drama. I still think it's trash, … [Read more...]
Conspiracy Theories Revisited – The Strange Case of Rabbi Jonathan Eibeschuetz (Part 1)
"By this time it is quite obvious that Shloimele was a secret disciple of Sabbatai Zevi. For even though the False Messiah was long dead, secret cults of his followers remained in many lands. They met at fairs and markets, recognized each other through secret signs and thus remained safe from the … [Read more...]
Conspiracy Theories and Jesse Walker – I Have Met the Conspirator and He Is Me
Review of Jesse Walker, The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory. HarperCollins, 2013. Conspiracy theories make me nervous. I've been the star attraction in too many of them. Not me personally, you understand. But as a Jew, I periodically emerge as an ex officio plotter against … [Read more...]
