France’s Recent Threat to Israel Violates the Oslo Accords and International Law
And it preemptively blames Israel.
February 4, 2016
Saul Bellow’s Last Interview
Some thoughts on 20th-century American literature.
Five years before his death, Saul Bellow—then eighty-five—was teaching a course on modern literature at Boston University and, together with his longtime collaborator Keith Botsford, had just completed an anthology culled from various journals in which the two were involved. Bellow and Botsford recorded a wide-ranging interview, thought to be Bellow’s last, to promote the volume. Elon Green, who conducted the interview, recounts the experience in an accompanying essay. (Video, 29 minutes.)
February 4, 2016
The West Should Care about the Torture of Palestinians
Especially when committed by the Palestinian Authority.
Why the Western Wall Compromise Matters—If It’s Implemented
A model for compromise on religious issues.
Was the Medieval Blood Libel Rational?
Blaming Jews was a way to get out of debt.
Saul Bellow’s Last Interview
Some thoughts on 20th-century American literature.