Congress Has a Chance to Set Iran Policy Right—But Will It?
Bad Iran legislation is worse than no Iran legislation.
December 12, 2017
A Major Novel by a Lithuanian Jewish Writer Finally Finds Its Way to English
Shtetl Love Song.
In his autobiographical novel Shtetl Love Song, Grigory Kanovich—a native speaker of Yiddish who writes primarily in Russian and now resides in Israel—tells the story of a child in a Lithuanian shtetl, its occupation by the Soviet Union in 1940, and his flight with his family into the Soviet heartland following the Nazi invasion of 1941. Long an influential work in Russian, the book has now been published in English translation. Mikhail Krutikov writes in his review:
December 12, 2017
In Sweden, an Outpouring of Anti-Semitism—for Which Officials Blame Israel
A pattern of persecution and savagery that has been systematically ignored, denied, or played down by the news media and public officials.
In Jerusalem, Calm Prevails, Despite Dire Warnings and Palestinian Threats
Days of rage? Not really.
A Major Novel by a Lithuanian Jewish Writer Finally Finds Its Way to English
Shtetl Love Song.
What Was a Carving of a Menorah Doing in a Crusader Sugar Factory?
First it was part of a tomb, then of a mosque.