Bernie Sanders’ Turn against Israel, and What It Means for the Democrats
The senator’s positions will define debate for his party in 2020.
June 18, 2018
A Poetic Portrait, Translated from Yiddish, of a Snow-Filled Journey
Young trees covered in snow, . . . charmingly disturbing,
One of the greatest Yiddish poets of the 20th century, Avraham Sutzkever wrote the poem quoted below in 1983 while living in Israel. Its images perhaps reflect the six years he spent in Siberia, where he had fled with his family from the Pale of Settlement during World War I. The poem, in a new translation by Maia Evrona, begins thus:
June 18, 2018
Iraqi Kurdistan’s Troubling Embrace of Russia
The U.S. shouldn’t lose the confidence of an ally.
Europe’s Decline Bodes Ill for Its Jews
Importing anti-Semites to atone for anti-Semitism.
What Archaeology Tells Us about King Hezekiah’s Religious Reforms
Fighting idolatry in the 8th century BCE.
A Poetic Portrait, Translated from Yiddish, of a Snow-Filled Journey
Young trees covered in snow, . . . charmingly disturbing,