Daniel Levin is the author of the bestselling novel, The Last Ember. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, and a former clerk to the Supreme Court of Israel. He lives in New York City, where he is currently writing his next novel. He can be reached at www.thelastember.com.

Blog Entries by Daniel Levin

Auschwitz Sign Stolen: The Historical Implications are Disturbing

Posted December 18, 2009 | 04:10 PM (EST)


Yesterday's theft of the iron "arbeit macht freit" ("work makes you free") sign at the Auschwitz memorial, may signal more than disrespect for the Holocaust. It may be yet another attempt to erase it.

Holocaust revisionists have long accused the structures of Auschwitz as being replicas, fabrications. They have...

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Riot Crackdown at the Temple Mount

31 Comments | Posted October 25, 2009 | 08:21 PM (EST)


Thanks to all for your comments.

As most of you know, control for the Temple Mount -- both politically and historically -- continues to wage in Jerusalem this week. Today, Palestinians called the Temple Mount "a red line that Israel should not cross." The Waqf Authority, a secretive Islamic land...

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Historical Revisionism on the Temple Mount

31 Comments | Posted October 19, 2009 | 04:10 PM (EST)


Last week, clashes on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem provided a Fatah spokesman, Dmitri Dilani, another opportunity to reaffirm the Palestinian Authority's denial of any Christian or Jewish historical connection to the Temple Mount. "Do not call it the Temple Mount," Dilani corrected an American interviewer. "No one can find...

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