Australia’s Silence on Iran Is a Boon to Russia and China
Whetting the appetite of an imperial power that is far more dangerous and far closer to home.
November 22, 2022
Steven Spielberg’s Jewish Fable and Its Moral Universe
For Spielberg and Tony Kushner, Jews can only defend themselves by playing on Gentile guilt.
Written and produced by Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans is a coming-of-age tale very much based on the latter’s own life. And like the Spielbergs, the titular family is an identifiably Jewish one, who can be seen lighting Hanukkah candles and the like. Adam Kirsch finds that the characters’ Jewish identity hangs over the film’s early scenes, when the protagonist, Sam Fabelman, is a child. But, Kirsch writes:
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No, the U.S.-Israel Alliance Isn’t on the Brink of Disaster
Benjamin Netanyahu will likely get along better with Joe Biden than he did with Barack Obama.
Israel’s Prime Ministers and Their Books
David Ben-Gurion’s 18,000 books, and Menachem Begin’s many newspapers.
Steven Spielberg’s Jewish Fable and Its Moral Universe
For Spielberg and Tony Kushner, Jews can only defend themselves by playing on Gentile guilt.
What Medieval Rabbis Learned from Muslim Mystics
Two Jews who drew on Sufism.