The Cease-Fire in the Persian Gulf Was Bound to Fail
A double misunderstanding.
July 13, 2026
A 1912 French Novella’s Exploration of Anti-Semitic Violence
“Lévy.”
In 1912, the French-Jewish writer Jean-Richard Bloch made his literary debut with the novella, “Lévy,” published under the auspices of André Gide. Bloch was a disciple of the much acclaimed, but now largely forgotten, novelist Romain Rolland. The story, translated and presented here by Daniel Solomon and Ben Zitsman, explores anti-Semitic violence through the eyes of a Gentile travelling salesman. The action begins when, visiting the city of Poitiers on business, the protagonist seeks shelter with his titular Jewish client:
July 13, 2026
In Canada, a Human-Rights Museum Suggests Israel Is the Culmination of the World’s Evils
Nakba: Past and Present.
A 1912 French Novella’s Exploration of Anti-Semitic Violence
“Lévy.”
The Hounding of Jewish Writers, and Its Defenders
The PEN Club’s free-speech problem.
A Memoir of a Vanishing Southern Jewish Elite
Returning.