By Bringing Iran to Vienna, the White House Has Legitimized Tehran’s War against Israel
Iran unleashed.
November 2, 2015
Alma Mahler: The Anti-Semitic Woman Who Loved Talented Jewish Men
A newly translated biography.
Alma Mahler (1879 – 1964), herself a composer of no mean ability, spent her life pursuing relationships—both romantic and platonic—with talented men. Many of these men were Jews—including her first husband, the composer Gustav Mahler, and her third, the writer Franz Werfel, as well as several of her many lovers. The daughter of a Christian Viennese painter, Alma also held fiercely anti-Semitic attitudes, which receive attention in a biography by Oliver Hilmes, recently translated into English. Bee Wilson writes in her review:
November 2, 2015
Bizarre Accusations against Israeli Anthropologists
Why are proponents of BDS hiding behind a pseudonym?
Finding a Sacred Jewish Message in “Peanuts”
A comic strip, a ḥasidic rabbi, and theodicy.
Alma Mahler: The Anti-Semitic Woman Who Loved Talented Jewish Men
A newly translated biography.
Did the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Sit Next to Ben-Gurion?
A mysterious mislabeled photograph.