Sunday, November 4, 2018

Echoes of Hymietown

Everyone remembers Rev. Jesse Jackson calling New York City “Hymietown.” He was making a crude anti-Semitic reference to the prevalence and political power of Jews in the city. 

A recent hate crime in NYC contains echoes of that infamous libel. See a John Hinderaker write-up at Power Line for the ironic details which embarrass Mayor de Blasio and the New York Times