by Fred Guttman | Aug 4, 2017 | Opinion
How much do we really know about Jewish burials? What effect are they having on the environment? Is this an important conversation for us to have? A few things really struck me from Richard Conniff’s recent opinion piece in The New York Times, titled “This...
by Fred Guttman | Apr 20, 2017 | Opinion
Twice a year the Holocaust is recognized and remembered through international observances. January 27 was chosen as International Holocaust Remembrance Day by the U.N. general assembly in 2005 because it is the anniversary of the liberation of the horrendous and...
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...
