Od Tireh, Od Tireh . . .
The Hebrew Teacher is the first of Maya Arad’s acclaimed fictions to appear in English. It’s also surprisingly timely.
Enlightenment and Conspiracy
What is surprising about the new anti-Zionist documentary Israelism, is not its historical distortions or its polemical tricks but the spiritual myth it constructs of its protagonists’ journey to enlightenment.
Kaddish for the Maestro
Maestro doesn't quite succeed at capturing the extraordinary life and genius of Leonard Bernstein, but it is an opportunity to recall an era in both American Jewish and musical history that will never be repeated.
Homage to Orwell
George Orwell is best known for his antitotalitarian novels, but his true genius lay in the incomparably clear and urgent morality of his journalism. We could use some of that now.
This Great House
Israel's new National Library is the most architecturally exquisite building erected in the history of the Jewish State. Like its predecessor, it’s also an excellent place to “hock” about books and ideas.
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Her Own Creation and Pure Luck
The fraught project of becoming an American pulses through Susan Rubine Suleiman’s memoir, along with the similarly fraught project of becoming an adult.
The Last Word
I had attended many Yiddish classes before, but not one in which I was the only Jew in the room.
- From Like a Pharaoh
- by Thaïs Miller
- Issue Spring 2024
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The Last Word
I had attended many Yiddish classes before, but not one in which I was the only Jew in the room.
- From Like a Pharaoh
- by Thaïs Miller
- Issue Spring 2024
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