The alleged vandalist of Nessah Synagogue is being described as “crazy”.
But is insanity a valid plea when it comes to antisemitism?
The debate over whether racism and antisemitism is a mental disorder has been raging since the 1930s. In this podcast, Rabbi Dunner intriguingly ties the entire issue in with the antihero of the Chanukah story, Antiochus IV Epiphanes.