Taking the Synagogue Hostage-Taker’s Anti-Semitism Seriously
In his mind, and Aafia Siddiqui’s, the Jews control the U.S. government.
January 17, 2022
The Old-Country Roots of Zionist Music
And the Yiddish song that embodies shtetl nostalgia.
In a new book on the development of Israeli songs, the historian David Assaf explains the East European, and often ḥasidic, origin of many classic tunes of the kibbutz and of secular pioneers. Allan Arkush, in a glowing review, notes that the book “is mainly about Hebrew songs, but Yiddish is rarely very far away,” and it contains a history of one of the most popular Yiddish songs of all time. Titled “Oyfn pripitshek”—a pripitshek being an old-fashioned stove used for heating as well as cooking—the tune owes its existence to one of the great Yiddish writers:
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The Hate That Dare Not Speak Its Name
In honor of Norman Podhoretz’s 92nd birthday, a 1986 essay on anti-Semitism that reads as if written yesterday.
The New Iran Deal Could Be Worse Than Its Predecessor
Rewarding the ayatollahs’ malfeasance as they move closer to getting nuclear weapons.
The Old-Country Roots of Zionist Music
And the Yiddish song that embodies shtetl nostalgia.
Why the Torah Isn’t a Law Book
What makes this ancient Near Eastern law code different from all other ancient Near Eastern law codes?