Israel’s Daring Raid to Capture a Hamas Chief
With the help of Palestinian militias.
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Odysseus, Abraham, and the Roots of Western Literature
Erich Auerbach’s case for Jerusalem over Athens.
In his review of the recent cinematic adaptation of the Odyssey—he didn’t like it very much—Benjamin Weiner begins with some reflections on the German-Jewish philologist Erich Auerbach. Exiled by the Nazis, Auerbach found himself in Istanbul, not far from Troy, during World War II, where he wrote his seminal study of the Western canon, Mimesis. Weiner writes:
September 3, 2026
Making Sense of the U.S. Siege of Iran
Between capitulation and all-out war.
Why American Universities Produce Radicals
Our best and brightest minds have been trained to speak confidently about matters they do not understand.
Odysseus, Abraham, and the Roots of Western Literature
Erich Auerbach’s case for Jerusalem over Athens.
Isaac Leeser, American Judaism, and the Birth of American Orthodoxy
“A hero of Judaism and the Jewish people.”