Natan Sharansky’s Fourth of July, and His Long Road to Freedom
An anniversary in more ways than one.
July 1, 2016
How the Man Who Decoded the Dances of Honeybees Survived the Nazis
A “second-degree crossbred.”
The Austrian-born zoologist Karl von Frisch received a Nobel prize in 1973 for his studies of animal behavior and communication, including his discovery that bees danced in order to inform each other where sources of pollen could be found. When the Nazis came to power in Germany, Frisch, who had a professorship at the University of Munich, quickly found himself in trouble with the regime. Reviewing a new biography of Frisch, Martha Kearney writes:
July 1, 2016
The British Labor Party’s Report on Anti-Semitism Is More Symptom than Diagnosis
Still comparing Israel with Islamic State.
Israeli-Turkish Rapprochement Is a Good Thing, But Its Effects Will Be Limited
No big deal.
The Jew-Turned-Christian Who Became a Great Defender of Judaism’s Rationality
Profayt Duran and Honoratus de Bonafide.
How the Man Who Decoded the Dances of Honeybees Survived the Nazis
A “second-degree crossbred.”