Israel Alone Refuses to Accept the Bloodstained Status Quo
The Jewish state vs. the do-nothing caucus.
June 19, 2025
Mel Brooks, Leonard Bernstein, and American Jewry’s Great Egomaniacs
Eminent Jews.
While Touro was modest and dedicated to helping others, the four Jews portrayed in David Denby’s recent Eminent Jews were anything but. Indeed one wonders what it says about Denby’s view of Jewish history—and perhaps more widespread American-Jewish self-conceptions—that he chose Mel Brooks, Norman Mailer, Betty Friedan, and Leonard Bernstein as the subjects of his biographic work. David Mikics writes:
June 19, 2025
With Their Country Again under Attack, Israelis around the World Rush Home
The Jewish state in a microcosm—on a tugboat.
Free-Palestine Fanatics Face Egyptian Anger
An expedition of do-gooders receives jeers and projectiles from Arabs who know better.
The Jewish Veteran Who Became One of Antebellum America’s Most Generous Men
Judah Touro’s quiet philanthropy.
Mel Brooks, Leonard Bernstein, and American Jewry’s Great Egomaniacs
Eminent Jews.