Peace Can’t Be Forced on Israel, or the Palestinians, from the Outside
Attempts to do so make peace impossible.
November 9, 2016
A Fresh Rendition of Isaac Babel’s Tales of the Odessa Underworld
And what they say about the Soviet Union.
Born in 1894, murdered by the Soviet political police in 1940, Isaac Babel is best known for Red Cavalry, his collection of stories about the Polish-Bolshevik war of 1919-1921. Another cycle, Odessa Stories, has recently appeared in a new English translation by Boris Dralyuk. Praising Dralyuk for the “rhythm and concision” of his “clipped, pacey style,” Robert Minto notes the stories’ political message:
November 9, 2016
It’s Time for Israel to Expand Its Navy
Doing so would also serve U.S. interests.
How Americans Misunderstand the Middle East, and Israel
It’s all about democracy.
A Fresh Rendition of Isaac Babel’s Tales of the Odessa Underworld
And what they say about the Soviet Union.
A New Film on Atatürk’s Jewish Refugee Professors
Heymatloz.