The White House Is Wrong to Wade into Israel’s Domestic Political Turmoil
Instead, it should affirm the strength and constancy of American support for Israel.
July 31, 2023
A Fictional Treatment of Soviet-Jewish Dissidents Pursues a Literary “Vendetta” against Those Who Were Too Jewish
While asserting that anti-Semitic persecutions usually don’t go too badly for the Jews.
Paul Goldberg’s novel The Dissident is set in Moscow in the 1970s and tells the story of two Jews who fall in love while participating in that decade’s dissident movement. It’s also a murder mystery. While it is “at times a charming and lyrical work, capable of transporting readers into a Moscow winter or into the giddiness of falling in love,” Nadia Kalman observes, “its intentions point in a different and more didactic direction.” Complete with detailed footnotes, the book does much to impress on the reader that it aims to convey something of Soviet Jewish history, rather than simply spin a good tale. And in this regard, Kalman believes it fails:
Subscribe to Continue Reading
Get the best Jewish ideas and conversations. Subscribe to Tikvah Ideas All Access for $12/month
Login or SubscribeJuly 31, 2023
When It Comes to Iran, the U.S. Must Learn the Right Lessons from Recent History
It is possible to deter Tehran militarily without launching an invasion.
To Combat Anti-Semitism, Start by Combating Anti-Semites
European and American governments can do better than “Meet a Jew.”
A Fictional Treatment of Soviet-Jewish Dissidents Pursues a Literary “Vendetta” against Those Who Were Too Jewish
While asserting that anti-Semitic persecutions usually don’t go too badly for the Jews.
The Politics and Poetry of Byzantine Jews
Even in the years of decline, the Land of Israel remained a center of Jewish creativity.