What the Irish President Should Have Said about His Country and the Shoah
Ireland celebrates Holocaust inversion day.
January 28, 2025
How “Hester Street” Changed Its Source Material into a New Kind of Immigration Story
An 1896 Yiddish novel’s journey to Hollywood.
The 1975 film Hester Street was based on a short 1896 novel by the great Yiddish writer and editor Abraham Cahan. Its title character, a Jewish immigrant who takes the name Jake out of his desire to assimilate, grows increasingly estranged from his wife Gitl in the old country, even as he struggles to raise the money to bring her to America. Michael Weingrad writes:
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The “New York Times” Mistakes Adhering to the Laws of War for Violating Them
Getting Israel’s war in Gaza wrong, again.
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Moscow makes up for its lost foothold in Syria.
A Fresh Look at the Story of Joseph in Egypt
What if his brothers didn’t sell him into slavery?
How “Hester Street” Changed Its Source Material into a New Kind of Immigration Story
An 1896 Yiddish novel’s journey to Hollywood.