Is the Attempt on Salman Rushdie’s Life Part of a Broader Iranian Strategy?
If we don’t stand up for our values when under attack, our adversaries will doubt the sincerity of our convictions.
August 18, 2022
Saul Bellow’s Late-in-Life Exploration of Transcendence and Tradition
“Something to Remember Me By.”
In his 1990 story “Something to Remember Me By,” the great American Jewish novelist Saul Bellow writes in the voice of an aging father—Louie—addressing his only son. Ruth R. Wisse, comparing the work to the ethical wills of traditional Jewish literature, examines its conclusion, which comes after a Bellovian tale of youthful aspirations, misadventure, sexual humiliation, and complex family dynamics:
August 18, 2022
The Significance of the Recent Terrorist Attack in Jerusalem
An opening salvo in the next battle for the Temple Mount?
The Ugly Legacy of the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan, One Year Later
If you withdraw while the enemy still has the will to fight, this is called “defeat.”
Saul Bellow’s Late-in-Life Exploration of Transcendence and Tradition
“Something to Remember Me By.”
A New Theory about the Location of a City Where King David Once Took Shelter
The search for Ziklag.