Israel-Palestinian Peace Starts with Combating Anti-Semitism
A foundation of lies will not hold up the structure of peace.
January 22, 2021
The Violinist and Her Twin Sister
A great Yiddish poet’s tale of defiance in the death camps, and a Jaffa cafeteria.
Perhaps the greatest Yiddish poet of the post-war era—if not of the language’s entire history—Avrom Sutzkever (1913-2010) spent most of World War II in the Vilna ghetto before fleeing to the forests to fight with the partisans. Thereafter he settled in Israel. He was also a prolific author of prose, some of which, like this short story translated by Zackary Sholem Berger, comes close to poetry. The tale is set in the Aladdin Cafeteria in Jaffa, near the sea where, as the author reminds us, the prophet Jonah set sail for Tarshish:
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Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Are a Threat to America’s Allies and Interests
Mike Pompeo’s eleven-o’clock sanctions for an Iranian proxy.
By Crying Apartheid, Israeli Human-Rights Activists Insult Their Arab Compatriots
Not to mention those South Africans who lived through the real thing.
A Brief History of the Bible’s Use at Presidential Inaugurations
President Biden’s speech is part of a welcome trend toward more religious language in public life.
The Violinist and Her Twin Sister
A great Yiddish poet’s tale of defiance in the death camps, and a Jaffa cafeteria.