The Mossad Didn’t Prove Iran Is Working on a Nuclear Weapon, but That’s Not the Point
Netanyahu has exposed the bankruptcy of the nuclear deal.
May 2, 2018
A New Translation of Isaac Babel’s “Awakening”
A teenaged boy skips his violin lessons.
In his 1931 short story “Awakening,” the Soviet Jewish writer Isaac Babel describes how Odessa Jews’ mania for violin lessons caught up with him, and how his lack of musical talent helped him discover his own artistic calling. The story, in a new translation by Maxim Shrayer, begins thus:
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In the Wake of Mass Migration, Germany Struggles to Keep Its Jews Safe
Refugees bring anti-Semitism with them.
How Zionism Can Sustain and Revitalize American Jewry
Nationalism as a force for good.
The First Lag ba-Omer in British-Ruled Jerusalem
A rare photograph.
A New Translation of Isaac Babel’s “Awakening”
A teenaged boy skips his violin lessons.