Is There a Way Out of Israel’s Political Deadlock?
A third election begins to look like a possibility.
December 6, 2019
How Renaissance Italy’s Great Jewish Artist Was Forced into Conversion
Salomone de Sesso.
Born in Florence to a family of Jewish moneylenders in the mid-15th century, Salomone de Sesso by the 1480s had become one of Italy’s most sought-after goldsmiths, having as his primary patrons the duke and duchess of Ferrara and their daughter Isabella. Ariel David, drawing on a new biography of Sesso and his family, describes his success. (Registration may be required.)
December 6, 2019
The Dangers of Ignoring Anti-Semitism
On both sides of the Atlantic, it’s the hatred that need not be condemned.
Britain’s Terrorism Superstitions
The dangerous belief in rehabilitation.
Remembering a Great Jewish Historian and Fearless Polemicist
Lucy Dawidowicz.
How Renaissance Italy’s Great Jewish Artist Was Forced into Conversion
Salomone de Sesso.