June 22, 2026
War and Peace, and Shabbat
Why should an infinite, all-powerful being choose to rest? Tolstoy had an answer.
By Gary Saul Morson
From the Archives
April 18, 2022
Isaac Babel’s Odessa Tricksters
By Gary Saul MorsonThe great Jewish writer evoked a city—now under threat from Russia's armies—with a character of its own that has entered into folklore, literature, and the popular imagination.
August 25, 2020
In Russia, Anti-Semitism Has Long Been the Opiate of the Intellectuals
By Gary Saul MorsonEven though the author tries to downplay it, a new book shows how deeply rooted anti-Semitism was in Soviet ideology.