The Dreyfus Affair, Zola’s J’accuse!, and Antisemitism: Some Things Never Change

by Jeff Dunetz at lidblog.com “J’accuse!” is arguably the most famous newspaper headline ever. It was published January 13, 1898, as Emile Zola’s 4,000-word front-page open letter to the president of France in defense of French Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus. Who was accused and convicted of treason. But as Zola pointed out, Dryfus’ actual crime […]