The IDF’s First Investigation of Its Conduct on October 7 Is Out
Describing the battle at Kibbutz Be’eri, the report shows numerous failures.
July 12, 2024
How Earned Is the Legend of Delmore Schwartz?
A new collection of the American Jewish writer’s work shows a core of brilliance surrounded by dreck.
“The New York intellectuals, Irving Howe once said, were obsessed ‘by the idea of the Jew (not always distinguished from the idea of Delmore Schwartz),’” writes the critic David Mikics, in a review attempt to sort out how much the legendary American Jewish writer’s reputation tracks his actual literary worth.
July 12, 2024
The Best Books to Read on the Soviet Roots of Contemporary Anti-Zionism
Cheap and easy conspiracy theory from the past to the present.
How Earned Is the Legend of Delmore Schwartz?
A new collection of the American Jewish writer’s work shows a core of brilliance surrounded by dreck.
Is Judaism Really About Love?
That’s the argument of a new book by the rabbi Shai Held. It doesn’t quite hold up.
The 20th-Century Rabbi Who Helped Popularize Kabbalah
Ashlag’s ladder to the Zohar.