By Seeking to Open a Consulate in Jerusalem, the Biden Administration Is Recognizing Palestinian Claims There
Should Israel’s capital be the only one in the world with both a U.S. embassy and a consulate?
October 8, 2021
W.G. Sebald Plundered Jews’ Stories to Write His Fiction, Then Lied about It
He didn’t so much write about Jews as about their absence.
In her recent biography of the late German novelist W.G. Sebald, Carole Angier reveals the extent to which he borrowed—or, perhaps, stole—the life stories of real people, many of them Jewish Holocaust survivors. In one case, he copied in immense detail the life of British Gentile family, but transformed the paterfamilias into a German Jewish refugee. In another, he drew extensively from a survivor’s memoir without attribution. He also lied about the relationship between fact and fiction in his work. Judith Shulevitz, in her review, puts these facts in the context of Sebald’s work:
October 8, 2021
Iran’s Drones Are a Powerful New Weapon of War
They can’t win decisive victories, but they can wreak havoc.
When the Next Arab Spring Comes, America Should Be Ready—and Shouldn’t Forget the Abraham Accords
Simultaneously weighing values and interests.
W.G. Sebald Plundered Jews’ Stories to Write His Fiction, Then Lied about It
He didn’t so much write about Jews as about their absence.
The Treacherous Former Jew, the Duchess Who Would Be Queen, and a Crucial Moment in the History of French Anti-Semitism
Before Alfred Dreyfus, there was Simon Deutz.