In the Sinai, Israel and Egypt Face an Iran-Hamas-Islamic-State Alliance
Who says these groups can’t just get along?
January 13, 2016
Six Poems by a Yiddish Master
In a new translation.
The great Yiddish poet Abraham Sutzkever (1913–2010) helped save rare Jewish books and manuscripts in Vilna during World War II, then joined the partisans to fight against the Nazis, and later settled in Israel. James Nadel has translated six of his poems, with Yiddish facing, from the collection Oasis (1960). One of them begins:
January 13, 2016
Once Again, John Kerry Ignores Jewish Victims of Terror
Commemorating the Charlie Hebdo killings without mentioning Hyper-Cacher.
At the American Historical Association, a Defeat for BDS
Professionalism wins the day.
Apion: The Original Anti-Semitic Intellectual
And founder of the ritual-murder accusation.
Six Poems by a Yiddish Master
In a new translation.