What Israel Can Learn from the War in Ukraine
Preparing for a new era of drone warfare.
March 9, 2023
Isaac Babel’s Boyish Shame and Adult Pride in His Raucous Jewish Family
A new translation of “In the Basement.”
In his 1929 short story “In the Basement,” the Soviet-Jewish writer Isaac Babel reminisces about his childhood in pre-Revolutionary Odessa, his befriending of a classmate from a well-to-do family, and his boyish shame and adult pride at his lower-class, quarrel-filled, and very Jewish home life. The story, in a new translation by Maxim Shrayer, begins thus:
March 9, 2023
China’s War on Religion
To Beijing, any belief in a higher authority is a threat.
To Fight Anti-Semitic Violence in France, It’s Necessary to Identify Its Islamist Roots
How not to remember the murder of Ilan Halimi.
Isaac Babel’s Boyish Shame and Adult Pride in His Raucous Jewish Family
A new translation of “In the Basement.”
The Jewish Queen Who Tried to Stop the Revolt That Led to the Second Temple’s Destruction
Berenice beyond her many marriages.