Strategic Imperatives
In his new book, Charles Freilich examines the question of how future governments ought to cope with Israel's fundamental defense predicaments.
Telling the Whole Truth: Albert Memmi
Albert Memmi began his career as a writer of fiction, but, with the appearance of The Colonizer and the Colonized in 1957, the novelist who wrote like a sociologist became a sociologist who wrote like a novelist.
The Jewish Critic and the Devil’s Point of View
We have never met this Mendele before, but he expects us to trust him, appreciate his wit, catch his references, and share his attitudes. In a few deft lines, the author created a figure so democratic you don’t have to look up to him, so familiar you don’t have to fear him, and so appealing you won’t realize you’re being flogged.
18 Questions with Jeremy Dauber: The Purim Edition
Who ruled the Borscht Belt: Allan Sherman or Lenny Bruce? Jewish comedy expert Jeremy Dauber casts his vote in a humorous interview—just in time for Purim.
The Mortara Affair, Redux
Bologna, 1857: A six-year old is taken from his Jewish family to be raised a Catholic. Why are we still talking about this case? An archbishop responds.
Shababshubap
Black hat chic: Shai Secunda's review of Shababnikim, the new television show about cool yeshiva students.
18 Questions with Dara Horn
Dara Horn’s new novel, Eternal Life, is out today. We caught up with her and asked her 18 questions.
Lost Music
Jeffrey M. Green, Aharon Appelfeld’s translator for more than 30 years, remembers the beloved Israeli novelist.
Rachel and Her Children
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“The Point of Free Will”: A Response to Abraham Socher
For mussarists, the internal struggle between good and evil is the great cosmic and spiritual drama, a position entirely in line with the conventional rabbinic view of moral decision-making.