Letters
Letters, Fall 2026
A Jewish Declaration; Fit for Hollywood; and Robo-Khap
Features
Tragic Failure
With the Israeli Government blocking an official inquiry into October 7, the journalist Amos Harel has taken on the job himself.
Reviews
Tough Love
Dara Horn’s uncompromising new book
Hiding in Plain Sight
Taxes, kashrut, witchcraft, and robbery—a new book reconstructs the lives of early modern Ashkenazi women.
An Abusable Past
Why do two new books on anti-Zionism struggle so much with the facts?
King of the Zionists
Edmond de Rothschild wasn't a king, but he ruled over the early Zionist movement.
Two Galitzianers
Galicia began as an invention, ended as a ghost, and birthed Jewish literature in between.
Surviving Letters
A new collection of letters between two Holocaust survivors moves with the drama of a novel.
In the Land of Charm
Why does Nicholas Lemann's Southern family consider him "alarmingly Jewish?"
Captives of Circumstance
After the Holocaust, many female survivors married American or British soldiers—the marriages were both an escape and a sacrifice.
Turning Hills into Plains and Mountains into Valleys: On Translating Maimonides’s Guide
Does an impressive new translation of The Guide to the Perplexed take away too much of the book's perplexing nature?
Fight Club
Why does Jewish literature keep resurrecting the golem?
First Person
Two Degrees of Separation: Eight Israelis on the Eve of Elections
How can a country where everyone seems to know each other be so divided?
The Arts
Odysseus: Prince of Tides
Is Christopher Nolan’s movie fraught with anything?
Last Word
Giving and Taking
Irv opened each envelope, looked at the pledge, and, if he thought it wasn’t enough, tore the card in half and passed it back.
