Jews, Revolutionism, and Doublethink
Even in the Gulag, it was difficult to give up the belief in the Revolution. Take Evgenia Ginzburg, for example . . .
Law, Justice, and Memory in Poland
Under the Law and Justice Party, Poland has just criminalized the life stories of its Jewish survivors. Here’s why.
Letters, Spring 2018
Toynbee’s “Zionist Card,” Their Man in Beijing?, Kibbutz Dreams, and the Mortara Affair Redux
Moses, Murder, and the Jewish Psyche
Sigmund Freud had always identified with Moses. At the end of his life, as the Nazis rose to power, he returned to the Bible and the origins of the Jewish psyche. We all know his scandalous theory—or do we?
Not of This World
In writing his first book for young readers, Aharon Appelfeld seems to have split himself and his life story between the two title characters: resourceful Adam, a boy of the land whose knowledge of the forest keeps them safe and fed, and bookish Thomas, a doubter in both faith and his own abilities.
Out-of-Body Experiences: Recent Israeli Science Fiction and Fantasy
The Yarkon is as good a site as any for pondering the relationship between Israel and the imagination.
Shabbtai at Seventy
Stuart Schoffman traded Malibu for Jerusalem, "smack in the middle of the First Intifada."
Strange Miracle
When Vice President Pence spoke in Jerusalem, he was tapping into a long tradition. . .
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.