Dreyfus: A Very Modern Affair https://www.tabletmag.com/dreyfuspodcast en 2025 Tablet Magazine This is an October 7th story, but one that begins not in 2023, but in October of 1894 with the arrest of French military officer Alfred Dreyfus, who also happened to be a Jew. The implications of his framing, arrest, incarceration and the fallout of his eventual exoneration reverberate today. Over this five-episode series, we examine how these events unfolded, and how they connect to the antisemitism that exists today. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/26bbe070-d853-11ef-b3a6-876007656429/image/3ddb5b3f0c3c9ced81ab5b86c18c4aba.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Dreyfus: A Very Modern Affair https://www.tabletmag.com/dreyfuspodcast serial The Story of Alfred Dreyfus and the echoes today Tablet Studios This is an October 7th story, but one that begins not in 2023, but in October of 1894 with the arrest of French military officer Alfred Dreyfus, who also happened to be a Jew. The implications of his framing, arrest, incarceration and the fallout of his eventual exoneration reverberate today. Over this five-episode series, we examine how these events unfolded, and how they connect to the antisemitism that exists today. This is an October 7th story, but one that begins not in 2023, but in October of 1894 with the arrest of French military officer Alfred Dreyfus, who also happened to be a Jew. The implications of his framing, arrest, incarceration and the fallout of his eventual exoneration reverberate today. Over this five-episode series, we examine how these events unfolded, and how they connect to the antisemitism that exists today.

]]> Tablet Studios jkross@tabletmag.com Dreyfus: A Very Modern Affair Part 1: The Illiterate Spy This is an October 7th story, but one that begins not in 2023, but in October of 1894 with the arrest of French military officer Alfred Dreyfus, who also happened to be a Jew. The implications of his framing, arrest, incarceration and the fallout of his eventual exoneration reverberate today. Over this five-episode series, we examine how these events unfolded, and how they connect to the antisemitism that exists today. In this first episode, we begin with the fraught political climate in France, a secretly gay general, and an illiterate cleaning lady-turned-spy had to do with it all. Mon, 14 Oct 2024 04:10:00 -0000 Dreyfus: A Very Modern Affair Part 1: The Illiterate Spy full 1 1 Tablet Studios In this first episode, we begin with the fraught political climate in France, a secretly gay general, and an illiterate cleaning lady-turned-spy had to do with it all. This is an October 7th story, but one that begins not in 2023, but in October of 1894 with the arrest of French military officer Alfred Dreyfus, who also happened to be a Jew. The implications of his framing, arrest, incarceration and the fallout of his eventual exoneration reverberate today. Over this five-episode series, we examine how these events unfolded, and how they connect to the antisemitism that exists today. In this first episode, we begin with the fraught political climate in France, a secretly gay general, and an illiterate cleaning lady-turned-spy had to do with it all. This is an October 7th story, but one that begins not in 2023, but in October of 1894 with the arrest of French military officer Alfred Dreyfus, who also happened to be a Jew. The implications of his framing, arrest, incarceration and the fallout of his eventual exoneration reverberate today. Over this five-episode series, we examine how these events unfolded, and how they connect to the antisemitism that exists today.

In this first episode, we begin with the fraught political climate in France, a secretly gay general, and an illiterate cleaning lady-turned-spy had to do with it all.

]]> 842 Dreyfus: A Very Modern Affair Part 2: How to Frame a Jew An ambitious soldier with a fraudulent smoking gun sets off a chain of events that leads to the embarrassment and punishment of an innocent Jew. Mon, 14 Oct 2024 04:09:00 -0000 Dreyfus: A Very Modern Affair Part 2: How to Frame a Jew full 1 2 Tablet Studios An ambitious soldier with a fraudulent smoking gun sets off a chain of events that leads to the embarrassment and punishment of an innocent Jew. An ambitious soldier with a fraudulent smoking gun sets off a chain of events that leads to the embarrassment and punishment of an innocent Jew. An ambitious soldier with a fraudulent smoking gun sets off a chain of events that leads to the embarrassment and punishment of an innocent Jew.

]]> 925 Dreyfus: A Very Modern Affair Part 3: Free Alfred Dreyfus As Dreyfus wastes away on Devil’s Island, his wife and brother back in France fight for his freedom and exoneration. Dreyfus struggles to survive. We speak to Dreyfus's great-great granddaughter about his legacy.  Mon, 14 Oct 2024 04:08:00 -0000 Dreyfus: A Very Modern Affair Part 3: Free Alfred Dreyfus full 1 3 Tablet Studios As Dreyfus wastes away on Devil’s Island, his wife and brother back in France fight for his freedom and exoneration. As Dreyfus wastes away on Devil’s Island, his wife and brother back in France fight for his freedom and exoneration. Dreyfus struggles to survive. We speak to Dreyfus's great-great granddaughter about his legacy.  As Dreyfus wastes away on Devil’s Island, his wife and brother back in France fight for his freedom and exoneration. Dreyfus struggles to survive. We speak to Dreyfus's great-great granddaughter about his legacy. 

]]> 830 Dreyfus: A Very Modern Affair Part 4: Emile Zola Accuses France's most influential writer of its time, Emile Zola , becomes the champion of the victim, even at his own, perhaps fatal expense. We’re joined by his great granddaughter, who speaks of the cost Zola paid in fighting for freedom. Mon, 14 Oct 2024 04:04:00 -0000 Dreyfus: A Very Modern Affair Part 4: Emile Zola Accuses full 1 4 Tablet Studios France's most influential writer of its time, Emile Zola , becomes the champion of the victim, even at his own, perhaps fatal expense. France's most influential writer of its time, Emile Zola , becomes the champion of the victim, even at his own, perhaps fatal expense. We’re joined by his great granddaughter, who speaks of the cost Zola paid in fighting for freedom. France's most influential writer of its time, Emile Zola , becomes the champion of the victim, even at his own, perhaps fatal expense. We’re joined by his great granddaughter, who speaks of the cost Zola paid in fighting for freedom.

]]> 811 Dreyfus: A Very Modern Affair Part 5: Plus Ça Change… But what about France today, and the world for jews? French activist Carloline Fourest connects the affair to antisemitism today. Mon, 14 Oct 2024 04:02:00 -0000 Dreyfus: A Very Modern Affair Part 5: Plus Ça Change… full 1 5 Tablet Studios But what about France today, and the world for jews? But what about France today, and the world for jews? French activist Carloline Fourest connects the affair to antisemitism today. But what about France today, and the world for jews? French activist Carloline Fourest connects the affair to antisemitism today.

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