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The Litterateur and the Cultural Zionist: a WWI Footnote
I first met Georg Brandes in the pages of Ahad Ha’am’s great essay . . .
Four Words Random House Would Rather Not Say
Rachel Goldberg-Polin, Dara Horn, & our Cultural Moment
This is Not Just About the Rubinsteins
Jews under review
Zionist on 34th Street
The forgotten story of a lover of Zion
Crime Scene with a View
How the source of Nazi evil became, for a moment, a stage for a Jewish refugee’s audacity.
Protesting Too Much
Out of place with the anti-Zionists.
Israel, Interrupted
A society out of focus
Family Time
In and out of the bomb shelter
Purim Torah
Why did medieval Jews reinvent the Purim story?
Mordechai, Esther, and her Father’s House
The meaning of Mordechai's mussar in the Megillah