Scattered Seeds: The Origins of Diaspora
Who invented the diaspora, and what did ancient Jews think about it . . . in the diaspora?
A Need for Roots
Simone Weil was obsessed with communal roots but rejected Jewish solidarity in the midst of World War II—and became a saint to many Catholic intellectuals.
Boy Meets Girl Meets Apocalypse
American Jewish novelists have been writing about Israel for decades, but the surprising impulse to destroy it is relatively new.
Our Misfortune
A Jewish takeover of nineteenth century Berlin would have been news to German Jews, but highbrow antisemites believed it.
The Big Schlep
Theodor Adorno said there could be no poetry after Auschwitz, but he didn’t say anything about buddy movies.
Dusting Off the Old Stories
What does the Jewish experience in the Revolutionary War say about America?
The Last Word
When a classmate told me to 'stop being Jewish with the ball,' I spat in his face.
- From Ghosts of Hooligans Past
- by Mark Glanville
- Issue Winter 2025
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