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Resistance and Persistence
Radical mothers, disappeared children, and heroic grandmothers.
Rereading Operation Shylock at Philip Roth’s Grave
Of a doppelgänger, bad Diasporism, “Antisemites Anonymous,” and penile implants . . .
Everybody Loves Dreyfus
It is hard to make an antisemite a sympathetic character, but a recent film by Roman Polanski does just that.
Something of a Nuisance: Ancient Jews between East and West
Historical reflections before Tisha b'Av
Praying with Moby Dick
Anchoring Melville's biblical undertow.
Spaceships and Symbols: A Rejoinder to David Halperin
Why do we keep coming back to UFOs? Or, as some would have it, why do UFOs keep coming back to us, whether in Roswell or over Tehran?
This UFO Dream of Ours: A Response to Daniel Socher
78 years ago there was an Air Force press conference about a mysterious spaceship in Roswell, New Mexico. Are UFOs religious phenomena, like Ezekiel's vision? . . .
The Return of Ruth
Stuart Halpern on the many returns of Ruth.
Australian Elections: Jews on the Precipice
Australia's Jewish citizens are facing unprecedented fear and uncertainty in the lead up to their national elections.
Purim Illuminated
Queen Esther had a surprising hold on the seventeenth century Dutch imagination. A sumptuous new show at the Jewish Museum.