Iran’s Recent Attack on an Israeli Vessel Has Revealed Israel’s Maritime Vulnerability
One of Tehran’s many attempts at nautical terror succeeded.
March 4, 2021
Richard Wagner’s Jewish Problem—and Everybody Else’s
Wagnerism.
Alex Ross’s recent book Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music is not so much a study of the great composer himself, but of the various ways he has influenced, and been understood by, his interpreters, admirers, and critics—a group that includes Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Mann, and Adolf Hitler. In his review, Nathan Shields writes:
March 4, 2021
Diagnosing the Weakness That Has Enabled European Anti-Semitism
Manfred Gerstenfeld, in memoriam.
Israel’s Landmark Conversion Ruling Won’t Do Much for Actual Converts
A political football.
Richard Wagner’s Jewish Problem—and Everybody Else’s
Wagnerism.
Are Two of the Most Promising Recent Hebrew Novels Just Too Darn Long?
A defense.