As Iran and Russia Cement Their Alliance, America Shrugs
Vladimir Putin vs. President Ecclesiastes.
August 22, 2016
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Jewish Dwarves and Their Yearning for Zion
Short, bearded beings exiled from their homeland who have forever dreamed of returning.
By J.R.R. Tolkien’s own admission, the dwarves are the group in his novels most similar to Jews, and in constructing their language he even drew upon Semitic models. Meir Soloveichik explores Tolkien’s attitudes toward Jews, his friendship with the Jewish historian Cecil Roth, the story of The Hobbit’s translation into Hebrew, and what, if anything, these “short, bearded beings exiled from their homeland, who have dreamed forever of returning” can teach actual Jews about their own experience:
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The (Supposed) Right-Wing Israeli Fanatic Who’s Making Life Easier for the Palestinians
Avigdor Lieberman's carrot and stick.
Twenty-Five Years after the Riots in Crown Heights, the Media Continue to Misunderstand
And to ignore, or propagate, anti-Semitism.
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Jewish Dwarves and Their Yearning for Zion
Short, bearded beings exiled from their homeland who have forever dreamed of returning.
The New Mexican Inquisition
A new exhibit in Santa Fe.