While Confronting Russia in Europe, the U.S. Helps It in the Middle East
Putin’s arc of steel.
September 14, 2022
The Deracinated Jews of Guy Gavriel Kay’s Fantasy
A novel explores manifestations of religion, while ignoring its content.
Set in a fictional analogue of 16th-century Italy (on a planet with two moons), the Canadian novelist Guy Gavriel Kay’s All the Seas of the World gives much attention to religion. Or at least, it gives much attention to the relations among members of three predominant faiths, which correspond to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—except that the only substantive difference is which astronomical bodies the adherents revere. Michael Weingrad writes in his review:
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In Israel’s Next War, Domestic Unrest Could Be a Weapon in the Hands of Its Enemies
A repeat of May 2021 could be much worse.
Attacking Free Speech at Berkeley Law School—for Zionists Only
The “tyranny of group self-righteousness.”
The Deracinated Jews of Guy Gavriel Kay’s Fantasy
A novel explores manifestations of religion, while ignoring its content.
The Mystery of a Polish Yeshiva’s Found Jewish Books
What if thousands of texts weren’t burned during the Holocaust?