In an Effort at Reform, Mahmoud Abbas Names an Ex-Terrorist His Deputy President
As he tries to reassure European and Arab supporters.
April 28, 2025
The Jewish Paradoxes of Stanisław Lem’s Science Fiction
Reaching for the Jewish canon after the links to tradition have been wrecked.
One of the most literarily sophisticated 20th-century authors of science fiction, Stanisław Lem (1921–2006) is rarely thought of today as a Jewish writer, but he most certainly was. Born in the Polish city of Lwów (modern-day Lviv, Ukraine), Lem survived World War II by passing as a Gentile. Marat Grinberg argues that Lem’s fiction “offers something quintessential to modern Jewish literary imagination: a view of the world through the prism of the Jewish canon even after the links to tradition have been wrecked.” As an example, Grinberg takes the final meditation in Lem’s novel His Master’s Voice:
April 28, 2025
Why the U.S., and Israel, Should Worry about Expanding Russian Influence in Africa
Where Russia goes, Iran follows.
Withholding Funds Won’t Be Enough to End Anti-Semitism at Harvard
At the forefront of the war against the Jews.
The Jewish Paradoxes of Stanisław Lem’s Science Fiction
Reaching for the Jewish canon after the links to tradition have been wrecked.
An Anti-Semitic Libel’s Journey from 5th-Century Church History to Substack
Socrates Scholasticus and the Immonmestar Crucifixion.