How the War in Ukraine Affects Israel’s Struggle with Iran
Jerusalem and the West face a Moscow-Tehran alliance.
June 26, 2023
Remembering Sheldon Harnick, Whose Lyrics Brought Tevye to Life
“Models of humor, elegance, and compassion.”
Sheldon Harnick, who died on Friday at the age of ninety-nine, is considered one of the great lyricists of 1960s Broadway, known for Fiorello!, She Loves Me, and above all, Fiddler on the Roof. Born in Chicago, Harnick was—like most of the other leading creative minds in American musical theater in his day—Jewish. Jesse Green praises his lyrics as “models of humor, elegance, and compassion.”
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What the Federal Government Should Do to Fight Anti-Semitism—and What It Shouldn’t
First, stop funding it.
What Bernard Lewis Taught, and Learned from, World Leaders in a Lifetime of Conversations
From the halls of the Senate to the shores of Tripoli.
Three Millennia Ago, an Israelite King Conquered a Phoenician Dye Factory on the Mediterranean Coast
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Remembering Sheldon Harnick, Whose Lyrics Brought Tevye to Life
“Models of humor, elegance, and compassion.”