Israel’s Success Has Surprised Everyone
It is now the demographic and cultural center of Jewry.
April 20, 2018
The German Author Who Brought “Schlemiel” to the Gentiles
Adelbert von Chamisso.
The Yiddish word schlemiel, meaning a bumbler or ne’er-do-well, is one of many that made their way into English dictionaries and can be found in newspapers and magazines without explanation. But long before Thomas Pynchon used the word in the opening of his novel V, Adelbert von Chamisso, a Christian, had introduced the word to a non-Jewish audience, as C.D. Rose writes:
April 20, 2018
Setting the Record Straight on the Obama Administration’s Chemical-Weapons Deal with Syria
A dress rehearsal for the echo chamber.
Ending Western Indifference to Honor Killings
Not just another form of domestic violence.
When Britain’s Labor Party Loved Israel
A long and uneven descent into hatred.
The German Author Who Brought “Schlemiel” to the Gentiles
Adelbert von Chamisso.