Observation ·
Despite Fresh Evidence, Ethel Rosenberg Is Still Guilty
By Harvey Klehr, Mark KramerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Harvey Klehr
Harvey Klehr is the Andrew W. Mellon professor of politics and history, emeritus, at Emory University. He has written many books on espionage in the United States and the history of the American Communist party.
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Response ·
Ethel Rosenberg’s Mythic Innocence
By Harvey Klehr, Jonathan Brent, Jonathan SilverIf you’ve heard about the case against Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, you’ve probably heard about it spoken of in stridently critical tones: as an expression of McCarthyite excess, as an expression of Am...
Monthly Essay ·
The Eternal Return of Ethel Rosenberg
By Harvey KlehrA much-loved new biography argues that the convicted Soviet spy "betrayed no one." How has the myth of her innocence become so untethered from the evidence of her guilt?
Editor's Pick ·
A Shameful Apology for One of America’s Most Shameful Apologists for Communism
Michael Gold, literary hatchet man.
Observation ·
Lucy Dawidowicz: Dispassionate Historian and Bold Defender of Jewish Interests
By Harvey KlehrCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Response ·
Few American Jews Were Communists, and Many Fewer Were Spies
By Harvey KlehrDavid Evanier’s portrait of Morton Sobell, the last survivor of the American Communist cold-war spies, who died late last year at the age of one-hundred-one, is a devastating and depressing reminder...
Editor's Pick ·
Two Veterans of the New Left Reveal a Familiar Blindspot
Too many Communists in the kitchen—making blintzes.
Response ·
Communism, Zionism, and the Jews: A Brief Romance
By Harvey KlehrOne of the many virtues of Martin Kramer’s essay, “ Who Saved Israel in 1947? ” is its reminder of the decades of Communist hostility to Zionism both before and after the moment when, to the surprise...
Editor's Pick ·
Joseph Katz: From Soviet Master Spy to Technical Adviser for James Bond Films
From Lithuania to Brooklyn to Tel Aviv.