Seeds of Subversion
The "Other" Jewish tradition.
Simon Wiesenthal and the Ethics of History
Was Simon Wiesenthal an intrepid hunter of mass murderers? Or was he in fact more of a charlatan than a hero? Tom Segev's new biography of the most successful—and controversial—Nazi-hunter raises more questions than it cares to answer.
Sole Searcher
The author of The Dybbuk lives on in a new biography.
The Future Past Perfect
Treasure and tragedy in the letters of Stefan and Lotte Zweig, one of the most famous literary couples of the early 20th century.
The Language of Tradition
On tradition as a first language.
The Man’s Learning Moves Me
Isaac Casaubon, the Hellenist who loved Hebrew.
The Novelist and the Physicist
A celebrated Jewsh novelist steps into the religion-science debate.
The Red Beret and the Rabbis
What has happened to the Religious Zionist rabbinate?
Translating and Remembering Chaim Grade
A memoir of faith, literature, and chickens.
What . . . Him Worry?
How did Abraham Jaffee, raised in the shtetl of Zarasai, became one of MAD magazine's most prolific and recognizable cartoonists?