May 21, 2024
The Banality of “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”
A Shoah novel for idiots.
Yesterday, this newsletter mentioned how greatly the Zionist understanding of the Holocaust differs from that of those who insist it has a “universal message.” Most often, that universalizing message boils down to feel-good banalities. One example is Heather Morris’s 2018 novel The Tattooist of Auschwitz, which has now been released as a television series. Tanya Gold writes:
May 21, 2024
Israel’s Wartime Political Tumult
Will peace hold between the prime minister and his rivals?
No, Israel Isn’t Stifling Democracy in the Middle East
The fixations of the liberal foreign-policy establishment.
The Banality of “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”
A Shoah novel for idiots.
Columbia University’s Hebrew-Language Commencement Speech about Jewish History
Sampson Simson, class of 1800.