Hizballah Publicizes Its Defiance of the UN, and the World Shrugs
A media stunt at the Israeli border.
April 26, 2017
How a Poem Can Get Under Your Skin
Celia Dropkin’s reflection on humiliation has a surprising resonance.
Celia Dropkin (1887-1955) was one of a number of women, mostly living in New York City, who began writing Yiddish poems for publication in the 1920s, when Yiddish literary circles were still very much male-dominated. Analyzing a poem in which the speaker describes being humiliated and morally crushed by the accusations of an unnamed tormentor, Ruth Wisse writes:
April 26, 2017
North Korea’s Threat to Israel
It’s arming Hamas and Hizballah and helping Iran get nuclear weapons.
Hijacking Anne Frank’s Name for Publicity
What is the “Anne Frank Center” anyway?
How the Sultan of Morocco Saved His Jewish Subjects During World War II
And afterward.
How a Poem Can Get Under Your Skin
Celia Dropkin’s reflection on humiliation has a surprising resonance.