Hizballah’s Ideology of Resistance and Its Discontents
More an army of mercenaries than of fanatics.
December 12, 2016
A Master Poet on Yiddish Poetry after the Holocaust
What should be the mission of the Yiddish poet?
One of the greatest Yiddish-language poets, Jacob Glatstein addressed the dark fate that he anticipated for European Jewry in his fiction and verse even before World War II began. Here, in an interview with the poet and critic Abraham Tabatchnik—conducted in Central Park in 1955—he describes the “mission” of the Yiddish poet after the Holocaust and lays out his own theory of the history of Yiddish poetry. (Video, ten minutes. Yiddish with English subtitles. A recording of Glatstein reading “Good night, world,” one of his best-known poems, can be found at the link below.)
December 12, 2016
Before Complaining about “Hate Speech,” Remember That Terrorists, Like Other People, Can Lie
If we watch our tongues, we don't have to keep watch on radical mosques.
The Grinch Who Stole Hanukkah
Seized by anti-Trump mania, left-wing Jewish organizations are boycotting a party hosted by the embassy of a Muslim country.
A Master Poet on Yiddish Poetry after the Holocaust
What should be the mission of the Yiddish poet?
A 19th-Century Medievalist Poised between the German Academy and the World of Jewish Tradition
Philipp Jaffé.