The Sorry Significance of Susan Sontag
In a new biography, the critic emerges as an advanced exemplar of a nexus of glamor and moral self-regard. Read …
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How American Jews Came to Believe That Tikkun Olam Was at the Core of Their Tradition
Tikkun Olam’s easy path to enshrinement as the Jewish truth has depended on the widespread ignorance among millions of Jews …
Famous Amos
Judas, the latest novel by Amos Oz, is ostensibly an allegory about both the state of Israel and the betrayal …
What Happened When the Messiah Met Machiavelli
Reubeni, Prince of the Jews, a surprisingly contemporary 1925 novel by Kafka’s close friend Max Brod, reminds us of the perils …
