In the Wake of Defeat in Afghanistan, the U.S. Must Shore Up Its Credibility Elsewhere
A lesson from southeast Asia.
August 18, 2021
The Two Jewish Women Who Helped Write the Songs of Broadway’s Golden Age
Dorothy Fields and Carolyn Leigh.
As has been frequently observed, Jews played an outsized role in creating what came to be known as the great American songbook. Among the most prominent Jewish composers and librettists were Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Lorenz Hart, and Richard Rodgers. (Oscar Hammerstein II stands out as a practicing Christian born to a Gentile mother and a Jewish father.) Terry Teachout calls attention to two other Jews who, in his view, ought to be listed alongside the others:
August 18, 2021
Israel Needs Better Solutions to Sabbatical Dilemmas
A test of society’s religious and moral mettle—and of halakhic flexibility.
Poland Is Responsible for Its Rift with Israel
Warsaw needs friends as much as Jerusalem.
A Brief History of Byzantine Jewry
Before the Ottoman conquest and the arrival of the Sephardim.
The Two Jewish Women Who Helped Write the Songs of Broadway’s Golden Age
Dorothy Fields and Carolyn Leigh.