Learning the Right Lessons from the Yom Kippur War
The IDF should have been prepared for an attack. It wasn’t.
January 3, 2023
A New Television Series about Jews Falls Back on Tired Stereotypes
The trouble with Fleishman.
Based on a novel of the same name by the Jewish journalist Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Fleishman Is in Trouble is a story about the titular Toby Fleishman’s recent divorce from his wife, set in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The title character and his wife are evidently Jewish, and Jewish actors—including Jesse Eisenberg as Fleishman—play major roles. To Akiva Schick, the series fails as a whole despite what he sees as the merit of the source material. It also fails more specifically as television about Jews:
January 3, 2023
No, Israel’s New Government Won’t Bring about a Rift with Washington
The U.S. needs Israel, and the White House knows it.
Ukraine’s Jewish History, Its Present Crisis, and Where Israel Fits In
And why Volodymyr Zelensky should be considered a Jewish hero.
Understanding the American Demographic Crisis, and What to Do about It
The problem is that too many people who want marriage and children don’t have them.
A New Television Series about Jews Falls Back on Tired Stereotypes
The trouble with Fleishman.