Palestinian Terror Claims an American Victim
Elan Ganeles, in memoriam.
March 2, 2023
In Our Identity-Obsessed Age, Being Jewish Somehow Doesn’t Rate
Richard Belzer, proud Jew.
Last week, the stand-up comedian and actor Richard Belzer died at the age of seventy-eight. In his comedy and television appearances, Belzer made frequent mention of his Jewish identity—once even performing a ribald Yiddish parody song from the 1940s on The Late Show with David Letterman. The musician Paul Shaffer, his collaborator in that particular routine, has also touchingly recounted Belzer accompanying him to synagogue when he, Shaffer, was saying kaddish for his father. Eddie Portnoy documents Belzer’s interest in Jewish matters, and notes something peculiar about the way his death has been covered, given especially the current fixation on the “representation” of minorities:
March 2, 2023
Fifty Years Ago, Palestinian Terrorists Murdered American Diplomats in Sudan
Acting under Yasir Arafat’s orders.
How the Prophets Understood the Relationship between Ritual and Ethics
“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?”
For the First Time, a Persian King’s Name Is Discovered on an Inscription in Israel
Mention of Ahasuerus’ father, just in time for Purim.
In Our Identity-Obsessed Age, Being Jewish Somehow Doesn’t Rate
Richard Belzer, proud Jew.