Can Israel Maintain Its Military Edge in the Era of a Nuclear Iran?
Not without drastic change.
October 20, 2015
A New Play about the Yiddish Theater’s Most Famous Scandal
A review of Indecent.
When Sholem Asch wrote his play God of Vengeance in 1907, he was not yet established as one of the major figures of 20th-century Yiddish literature. The play became famous, in part, because of a scene in which two women kiss. (In 1923, after the play was performed in English on Broadway, the entire cast was arrested for obscenity.) The scandal that surrounded the play is the topic of a new play, Indecent, now at the Yale Repertory Theater. Josh Lambert writes in his review:
October 20, 2015
Is There Hope for a Change in the Politics of Israeli Arabs?
The mayor of Nazareth speaks out against terror.
Why Isn’t the Afterlife Mentioned in the Bible?
The answer lies in the Tree of Life.
What a Stone Seal from the Temple Mount Tells Us about the Time of David and Solomon
It was discovered by a ten-year-old boy.
A New Play about the Yiddish Theater’s Most Famous Scandal
A review of Indecent.