Last Week’s Peace Agreement Sends a Clear Message to the Palestinians
And refutes notions that have shaped U.S. Middle East policy for more than half a century.
September 21, 2020
From Selling Jewish Calendars to Selling Schmutz: A Story
A fictional peddler reflects on the imponderability of anti-Semitism.
Naturally, the beginning of the Jewish year is the time for Jews to purchase calendars, and it is this trade that is the subject of a short story by the great Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem, translated by Curt Leviant under the title, “Trying to Make a Living.” Through the eyes of one of his typical character-narrators, the author presents a searing reflection on the bewildering irrationality of anti-Semitism. The story begins thus:
September 21, 2020
Israel’s Vulnerable New Friends Are Drawn to Its Strength
Bahrain and the UAE fear demography, Iran, and a withdrawing U.S.
California’s New Ethnic-Studies Curriculum Has Nothing to Say about Iranian Jews
Only about Jewish racial privilege.
From Selling Jewish Calendars to Selling Schmutz: A Story
A fictional peddler reflects on the imponderability of anti-Semitism.