The betrayal of literature

Garlanded authors have revealed themselves to be totalitarian bigots

Burning the Talmud, France, 1242

It’s a fair bet that the authors and publishing professionals who have called for a boycott of Israeli cultural institutions didn’t anticipate the scale of revulsion and outrage they have caused. 

After all, given the current tsunami of hatred and insanity directed at the Jewish people throughout the west, they may well ha…