The Folly of Applying Cold-War Lessons to Nuclear Talks with Iran
Unlike Gorbachev, Iran doesn't want to improve its relationship to the US.
April 24, 2015
M.H. Abrams: A Pioneering Jewish Professor of English Literature
The last of a pioneering generation of literary scholars just passed away.
M. H. Abrams, who passed away on Wednesday, was the last surviving member of a “pioneering generation” of American Jewish literary scholars whose university careers began when the academic field of English literature was still largely off-limits to Jews. Adam Kirsch writes (2012):
April 24, 2015
Cristina Kirchner’s Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theory
She didn't mention the word "Jew," but her meaning was crystal clear.
M.H. Abrams: A Pioneering Jewish Professor of English Literature
The last of a pioneering generation of literary scholars just passed away.
When Israel Helped Yemen’s Shiites
50 years ago, in a different Yemenite civil war . . .
What’s New in Biblical Archaeology
An interview discussing the most recent archaeological discoveries in Israel.