Why a Military Conflict between Iran and Israel Seems Inevitable
Other efforts to stop the nuclear program have failed.
January 20, 2021
A Polish Novel of Jewish Gangsters in Old Warsaw
Intertwined worlds, completely separate.
Published in Polish in 2017 to much acclaim, and now available in English translation, Szczepan Twardoch’s The King of Warsaw is set in 1937 and has as its protagonist a Jewish gangster-cum-professional boxer. Such a setup—especially given Poland’s continued, tortured relationship with its bygone Jews—could be a recipe for anti-Semitism or, at the very least, the perpetuation of ugly stereotypes. But Eddy Portnoy finds instead an impressive work of literary fiction:
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The Arab-Israeli Conflict Has Come to an End
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America Doesn’t Face a Crisis of Faith, but a Crisis of Religion
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How Israel Became the Vaccination Nation
“Everybody wants to think like a CEO.”
A Polish Novel of Jewish Gangsters in Old Warsaw
Intertwined worlds, completely separate.