Pessimism Not Despair: A Reply to My Critics
"Just as the turmoil aroused by Israel’s new government has overlooked the Palestinian issue while concentrating on a more immediate crisis, so have the responses to my article."—Halkin writes back.
Which Religious Zionism—and Which Cliff? A Response to Hillel Halkin
The ripple effects of the recent Israeli elections and their outcome are being felt throughout Israeli society. Hillel Halkin raises many valid concerns about the consequences of the election, but…
Some Calming Words
Hillel Halkin shouldn’t be so worried. Democracy is still alive and kicking in Israel. The Israelis who didn’t vote like him aren’t stupid. They’re no less wise, humanitarian, and upright…
What Zionism Delivered
Ever since what Hillel Halkin calls my “bloc” lost Israeli elections, I have tried various therapies to manage my disappointment—and fear. I visited Susya, the ancient town near Hebron, examining…
Jeremiah’s Dilemma: A Response to Hillel Halkin
There is not much I can disagree with in Hillel Halkin’s portrait of the present cultural and political moment in the State of Israel. His despair captures the mood of…
The World is Round
The heckler’s guide to beating an antisemite.
The Tikkun in Sutzkever’s Work
Elie Wiesel explores the soul and purpose of Holocaust poetry.
George Lichtheim’s Marxmanship
The brief, wondrous life of a renegade intellectual.
To Whom It May Concern: Mordecai Kaplan the Diarist
The father of Reconstructionist Judaism left behind a towering legacy, and seventy-seven years of personal Journals—a tightly scrawled window into his mind.
Like a Son of Man
Who gets to anoint the Messiah?