Letters

On Socialism and the Jews

Editor: George Lichtheim is to be commended for bringing to the attention of your readers certain aspects of the problem of socialism and anti-Semitism (“Socialism and the Jews,” DISSENT, July—August 1968). The more so since he poses the problem of a permanent stain which has flecked the banner of international socialism from its very beginnings. Here is the way he puts it: “That a particular form of socialist anti-Semitism arose in 19th-century Europe may have been due to transitory factors which are no longer operative. On the other hand, it may also reflect a problem permanent enough to warrant some consideration.” Yet, for all his effort, his “remarks,” as he call...