As Hamas’s Power Collapses, Old Feuds Are Resurfacing
A spate of murders.
July 18, 2024
The Antebellum South’s Forgotten Jewish Poet
Gratz Cohen.
Born in Savannah to a distinguished and well-to-do Jewish family, Gratz Cohen avoided military service when the Civil War broke out, but eventually loyalty to his state got the better of him and he enlisted—only to fall in battle in the final weeks of the war. Cohen was also, Richard Kreitner writes, “the first Jewish student at the University of Virginia, a sensitive poet,” and “apparently gay.” Kreitner reviews Liberty Street, a biography of this compelling figure by Jason K. Friedman:
July 18, 2024
The New Republican Party Is Sticking with Israel
J.D. Vance rejects the anti-Semitic right.
Why Ireland Cares So Much about Israelis and Palestinians
Eamon Valera’s turn against the Jews.
Why So Many U.S. Christians Sought the Ten Lost Tribes among Native Americans
Jews among the Indians.
The Antebellum South’s Forgotten Jewish Poet
Gratz Cohen.