Benjamin Netanyahu’s Speech Was a Triumph, Aimed at a Distant Audience
Addressing Congress and speaking to Saudi Arabia.
July 26, 2024
How Anti-Semitism and the Casting Off of Tradition Ruined Stefan Zweig’s Golden Age
The World of Yesterday.
Among Theodor Herzl’s friends was the Jewish writer Stefan Zweig, who like Herzl was a product of the cosmopolitan culture of the Hapsburg empire, but did not share in his Zionism. Zweig was a highly successful author of short fiction, essays, and biography in his own day, but he is best remembered now for The World of Yesterday, a memoir which depicts that cosmopolitan culture at its height. John P. Rossi reflects on the book and its author:
July 26, 2024
Is International Humanitarian Law Saving Lives or Risking Them?
If the U.S. wants to uphold high moral standards, it should consider amending laws that don’t work.
How Max Nordau Agreed to Play Second-Fiddle to Theodor Herzl
Although older and, at the time, more famous, he put away his pride.
How Anti-Semitism and the Casting Off of Tradition Ruined Stefan Zweig’s Golden Age
The World of Yesterday.
When an Aged Moses Passed the Torch to Joshua
The wages of drawing water and rearranging chairs.