Hizballah’s Next War with Israel, and Its Horrifying Consequences
“It’s going to be an absolute sh—storm. And we're going to be blamed.”
June 16, 2016
A Fantastical Tale of Modern-Day Khazars, Golems, Jewish Warrior Princesses, and Kabbalistic Sex Changes
As addicting as a Jewish Game of Thrones.
In a historical novel with more than a touch of fantasy, Emily Barton imagines that Khazaria—the Central Asian empire whose rulers, according to legend, converted to Judaism in the 8th century CE—survives into the 20th century and is under attack by the Third Reich. The Book of Esther also features a transsexual warrior princess (the protagonist and title character), mechanical horses, and a village of kabbalists who use their magical powers to create an army of golems who will fight the Nazis. In her review of this “imaginative, engrossing, and entertaining” book, Dara Horn writes:
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Anti-Israel Academics’ Warped Assumptions about Sovereignty and Legitimacy
Trading John Locke for Edward Said.
Why the Bible, Contra Leo Strauss, Is Part of the Western Philosophical Tradition
The first universal morality.
A Fantastical Tale of Modern-Day Khazars, Golems, Jewish Warrior Princesses, and Kabbalistic Sex Changes
As addicting as a Jewish Game of Thrones.
Political Judgments, Not Abstract “Hate,” Cause Terrorism
Multiculturalism makes us parochial.