The Protest Movement Is Reviving an Ancient Tension in Iran’s National Character
But can it defeat the ayatollahs’ well-oiled machinery of oppression?
January 3, 2018
Franz Kafka, “Bambi,” and German Literature’s Jewish Animals
Bestiarum Judaicum.
In Bestiarium Judaicum: Unnatural Histories of the Jews, Jay Geller examines the ways Jews have been portrayed as, or compared with, animals in Central European writings. German-language Jewish literature itself has a peculiar history of using animal imagery; Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” (where the main character turns into cockroach) and Felix Salten’s Bambi—which likely reflects the author’s Zionist sentiments—are among the best-known examples, but hardly the only ones. Paul Reitter elaborates in his review:
January 3, 2018
Why West European Governments Funnel Cash to Anti-Israel, Pro-Terrorist Organizations
Just say “human rights” and collect checks.
Letting Saudi Arabia Host a Chess Tournament Was a Mistake
No Israelis allowed.
Franz Kafka, “Bambi,” and German Literature’s Jewish Animals
Bestiarum Judaicum.
Did a Change in Humans’ Sense of Self Lead to a Change in Biblical Religion?
People stopped hearing God.