Volodymyr Zelensky’s Jewishness
How the Ukrainian leader emerged as the symbol of a nation that has “perpetually tried to spit [Jews] out.”
March 3, 2022
A New Play Explores the Unease of Modern French Jewry
Joshua Harmon’s Prayer for the French Republic asks the question, “When is it time to leave?”
Joshua Harmon’s latest play, Prayer for the French Republic—set primarily in France in 2016 and 2017, with flashbacks to 1944—follows a Jewish family confronting many of the same questions their forebears faced 70 years earlier. Those questions revolve around whether it is safe to remain in their home country. In conversation with Ruthie Fierberg, David Cromer, its director, discusses the work and its relevance to American Jews.
March 3, 2022
Russian Bombs Hit Babi Yar
Ukrainian authorities report damage to the Holocaust memorial site.
Israeli and Turkish Think Tanks Confer in Tel Aviv in Advance of President Herzog’s Trip to Ankara
The private meetings may signal a thaw in relations between the former allies.
A New Play Explores the Unease of Modern French Jewry
Joshua Harmon’s Prayer for the French Republic asks the question, “When is it time to leave?”
The Great Revolt of Judea against Rome
A new history examines the enduring legacy of the rebellion.