Topic: “Judaism”
Features November 2020
Taking leave of the socialism of fools
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On the echoes of fascism in the critics of Zionism.
Features March 2020
Reflections on anti-Semitism
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On the suppression of those labeled “too clever by half.”
Oct 28, 2019
Written by the losers
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On Josephus’s The Jewish War: A Biography by Martin Goodman.
Jul 27, 2018
Week in review
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On Solzhenitsyn’s Vermont, Judd’s furniture, forgotten folk music from Ukraine & more.
Books March 2018
Jewish for the jokes
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Notebook November 2017
Israel’s founding fictions
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On Israel’s three national literatures.
Nov 22, 2016
The Critic’s Notebook
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A poetic picture of the Mississippi, and more from the world of culture.
Oct 14, 2016
Week in review
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The mark of Brexit in British art, and a reflection on humanity below our political surface.
Features October 1986
The case of Harry Houdini
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On the impossible abilities of Harry Houdini.