The Kibbutz and the State
How the position of the kibbutz in Israeli society has changed, and why.
The Poet from Vilna
Avrom Sutzkever and Max Weinreich, a memoir.
The Rothschilds of the East
The Splendor of the Camondos and the pity of it all.
The Weaver
An-sky's photographs.
Underground Man: The Curious Case of Mark Zborowski and the Writing of a Modern Jewish Classic
Life is with People is perhaps the most well-known work of shtetl nostalgia. But how should it be read in light of its author's bloody career as one of Stalin's best spies?
With Interest
Have the Jews been capitalism's best friends or worst enemies, or both?
A Novel of Unbelief
Religion, faith, and the search for tenure at Harvard underpin a comic novel by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein.
Appelfeld in Bloom
Israeli author Aharon Applefeld sifts through memories to understand the traumas of his past.
Bob Dylan: Messiah or Escape Artist?
“Who was or is Robert Zimmerman, called Bob Dylan?” Is he a Jew?
Cannon Fire Over Sarajevo and Sin in Ansbach: A Passage from Rabbi Jacob Emden’s 18th Century Memoir
Jacob Emden get a deserved, if belated, translation into English.