Haim Gouri at 90
The poet turned 90 last fall, and his latest poems are among the best he has ever written.
Heschel Transcendent
Abraham Joshua Heschel’s intellectual peers included Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, Reinhold Niebuhr, and the Lubavitcher Rebbe. His main thought, Shai Held argues, was of transcendence.
I’m Still Here
Tuvia Reubner has said he has no homeland except perhaps his poetry. A new book expands that homeland's borders.
Killer Backdrop
If Auschwitz can have a gift shop, why can’t the Warsaw Ghetto have a love story?
Letters, Summer 2014
Reform Revisionist, Rashi's Shul, Khazars Shmazars
National Socialism, World Jewry, and the History of Being: Heidegger’s Black Notebooks
The thinking reflected in Heidegger's recently published notebooks from the 1930s is alarmingly crude. It is also much more difficult to separate from his philosophy than many would like to think.
Nostalgia for the Numinous
In the beginning there were the angry atheists. Terry Eagleton is more melancholy: “Atheism is by no means as easy as it looks.”
Peace, Plan B
Secretary of State John Kerry's attempt to get Israel and the Palestinians to a final status agreement was never going to work. What will?
Rallying Round the Flags
Derek Penslar's new book returns to aim Jewish soldiers of the diaspora to their rightful place in Jewish history.
Something Was Missing
When it was time for new MK Ruth Calderon to speak to Knesset for the first time, she told a Talmudic story and created a YouTube sensation. Her book has now been translated.