The Constitutional Crisis behind Israel’s Showdown over Its Judiciary
If opponents of reform ceased their “panic-stricken keening,” they could articulate serious arguments.
January 12, 2023
Arthur Miller’s Literary Reckoning with His Jewish Experience
Revisiting a forgotten novel.
One of the most prestigious American playwrights of the 20th century, Arthur Miller is best known for Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. Although he did once comment that the actor who best understood the former play’s protagonist was Yosik Buloff, a giant of the Yiddish stage, most of Miller’s theatrical works are without explicitly Jewish content. A recent biography by John Lahr, however, calls attention to Miller’s explorations of the condition of American Jewry. John Nathan writes in his review:
January 12, 2023
Considering Zionism’s Successes 75 Years after the Founding of the Jewish State
And “old-new land” in the fullest sense.
Confessions of a Leader of Britain’s Anti-Semitic Left
Chris Williamson still blames the Jews.
Racial and Religious Quotas at Stanford—Then and Now
The university has apologized for its sins, but has it forsaken them?
Arthur Miller’s Literary Reckoning with His Jewish Experience
Revisiting a forgotten novel.