The Failure of Palestinian Nationalism
A national movement inextricably linked to the destruction of another nation.
March 11, 2019
Two Recent Novels about Undying Jewish Women Make Distinctive Statements about Human Purpose
Wandering Jewesses.
The protagonist of Dara Horn’s Eternal Life is a Second Temple-era Jewish woman cursed with eternal life. Similarly, the protagonist of Sarah Perry’s Melmoth is a Jewish woman from the same time but, in her case, fated to wander the earth for eternity as punishment for witnessing Jesus’ resurrection and then denying she did so. Michael Weingrad notes a singular difference in how the two books address their shared central question of “why go on?”
March 11, 2019
Democratic Legislators Rush to Excuse Anti-Semitism
What does the Ilhan Omar fracas portend for the party’s future?
The Fate of Benjamin Netanyahu and the Future of the Israel
Elections, indictments, and a peace plan—oh my!
Why John Locke Preferred the Old Testament to the New
And why Israel and the U.S. should stop neglecting the Hebrew Bible.
Two Recent Novels about Undying Jewish Women Make Distinctive Statements about Human Purpose
Wandering Jewesses.