How Russia Plays All Sides of the Middle East’s Power Struggles, and Wins
Relishing frozen conflicts and divided countries.
March 31, 2021
To a Leading Critic, Both American-Jewish and Israeli Literature Express Deep Ambivalences
The blessing and the curse.
In The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century, Adam Kirsch seeks to create a sort of canon of Jewish literature from the past 100 years, combining selections with brief critical essays. Julian Levinson writes in his review:
March 31, 2021
The New Immigrants to Israel Aren’t Fleeing Persecution but Seeking Opportunity
The post-coronavirus aliyah?
Remembering an American Scholar-Diplomat Who Saw the True Imbalance in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
International pressure on Israel to concede, without pressure on the Palestinians to match Israeli concessions.
Too Many Historians Have Ignored or Downplayed the Role of the Bible in American Public Life
Aided by biblical illiteracy.
To a Leading Critic, Both American-Jewish and Israeli Literature Express Deep Ambivalences
The blessing and the curse.