The Capture of Ramadi Highlights Western Hypocrisy about Israel
Will the U.S. apologize for criticizing Israel’s conduct in Gaza?
January 18, 2016
A Great Jewish Novelist’s Prescient Portrait of Europe on the Edge of the Abyss
Joseph Roth’s journalism.
The novels of Joseph Roth (1894–1939) capture with equal mastery the Galician shtetl, the aristocratic Austrian family, and war-torn Siberia. In addition to his many works of fiction, Roth produced a mass of journalistic writings, many of which have been newly translated into English by Michael Hoffman in a collection titled The Hotel Years. In his review, Frederic Raphael comments on Roth’s uncanny ability to see what was in store for Europe:
January 18, 2016
The Swedish Foreign Minister’s Condemnations of Israel Are Legally Ignorant and Morally Obtuse
Israelis and Palestinians “were killed in connection with knife attacks”?
What’s Wrong with Open Hillel?
Students don’t need more opportunities to hear attacks on Israel.
A Great Jewish Novelist’s Prescient Portrait of Europe on the Edge of the Abyss
Joseph Roth’s journalism.
Psalms of Lament: A Biblical Response to the Problem of Theodicy
Some ancient Jewish kvetching.