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Brotherhood
How did the world's most antisemitic play become a symbol of positive Christian-Jewish relations? Karma Ben Johanan's new book explores an evolving dynamic.
Letters, Winter 2023
From the Editor: As we were closing this issue, I was, like you, talking with friends about the recent Israeli election—the usual conversations, half potted punditry (at least on my part), half worried banter. When I spoke with JRB editorial board member Hillel Halkin, he surprised, even shocked me. It wasn’t his erudite eloquence that surprised me—Hillel is, after all,…
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Tradition and Imagination
Jewish fiction’s long memory.
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Life and Text
Should we read our own experiences like the Zohar reads the Torah?
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The Fierce Lust for Contemplation
How did traditional yeshivas become fertile ground for radical literature?
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Context and Content
How can Zionism’s biggest critics know so little about its history?
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A Perfect Spy?
Was the original James Bond a Jew from Odessa?
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The (Railroad) Baron
How the man who built the Orient Express lost track of his legacy.
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Are Demographics Destiny?
Despite my many agreements with Hillel Halkin’s essay, he lost me when he appealed, yet again, to “demographics.” Demographics seem to be a constant focus in Halkin’s writings. In his…
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Jeremiah, Ben-Gurion, and Hillel Halkin
In one of David Ben-Gurion’s last addresses on the Bible, an essay entitled “The Monarchy and the Prophethood” delivered in October, 1968, the old, former prime minister meditated on Yehuda…