The Connections between Russia’s Threats to Ukraine and the Nuclear Negotiations with Iran
Putin’s anti-Western posture has never been limited to Europe.
January 14, 2022
Theodor Herzl through the Eyes of a Non-Zionist Contemporary
Stefan Zweig was a reasonable man. But Herzl saw that the age to come was not going to be reasonable.
In his own day, the Austrian Jewish writer Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was one of Europe’s most popular authors, famous for his historical biographies and short stories—which often revolved around the cosmopolitan and urbane world of pre-World War I Vienna. In 1901, the young Zweig met Theodor Herzl—then at the height of his career as a Zionist leader—who hired him to write feuilletons (long-form columns) for the Die Neue Freie Presse, a prestigious Viennese newspaper where Herzl worked as an editor. Neil Rogachevsky comments on Zweig’s description of Herzl in his memoir, The World of Yesterday:
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Remembering a Great Critic, and His Reflections on Jews, Art, and Humor
A “small-town boy from southeast Missouri” reads Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Theodor Herzl through the Eyes of a Non-Zionist Contemporary
Stefan Zweig was a reasonable man. But Herzl saw that the age to come was not going to be reasonable.
Islamic State and al-Qaeda Are Still Going Strong
And the latter is still getting help from Iran.
When Italian Jews Lost the Talmud, but Continued Their Studies
The burning of the Talmud, a Vatican library mystery, and Renaissance Jewish doctors.