To Invigorate American Jewry, Revive “Zionism of the Spirit”
“We do not have to account to anybody, we are not to sit for anybody’s examination.”
January 6, 2022
A Yugoslav Partisan-Turned-Dissident Walks into an Israeli Novel—Along with the Daughter and Granddaughter Who Must Pay for Her Decisions
David Grossman’s latest work explores humans’ capacity to wound one another.
During World War II, Eva Panić, a Yugoslavian Jew, played an active role alongside her husband in her country’s anti-Nazi resistance, saving hundreds from death or torture. After the war, she went to a notorious prison camp for refusing to denounce her husband to the Communists—and thus effectively abandoned her daughter, Tiana. Both Eva and Tiana eventually found their way to Israel, and thence into Hebrew literature. Amy Newman Smith writes:
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How Japan and Israel Can Strengthen Their Alliance, and Why They Should
Tokyo must distance itself from Iran and from UN anti-Semitism.
A Rightwing Pundit’s Anti-Semitism Problem
“Rothschild physiognomy.”
A Yugoslav Partisan-Turned-Dissident Walks into an Israeli Novel—Along with the Daughter and Granddaughter Who Must Pay for Her Decisions
David Grossman’s latest work explores humans’ capacity to wound one another.
An Ancient Toilet Reveals the Ailments of the Aristocrats of Biblical Jerusalem
Four intestinal parasites, and “extraordinary workmanship.”