Israel Must Prepare Itself for the Coming Wave of Maritime Terrorism
Hamas and Hizballah are honing their naval capabilities.
December 10, 2021
Thomas Mann: Lover of Midrash and of Zionism
What a new biographical novel misses.
The German author Thomas Mann, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1929, was a vocal and public opponent of the Nazis for many reasons, their anti-Semitism among them. But he also exhibited a philo-Semitism that went far beyond an aversion to the vicious persecution of the Jews. As Shalom Goldman explains, Mann’s respect for the Jewish people became manifest while he was researching his epic retelling of the biblical story of Joseph and his brothers:
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For Zionism to Succeed, Jews Need Not Be Invulnerable, but They Must Be Able to Live Without Fear
Why are Israelis so happy, and why do they have so many children?
Thomas Mann: Lover of Midrash and of Zionism
What a new biographical novel misses.
How a Fake Pro-Hamas Rabbi Took in a Progressive Congressional Candidate
Linda Goldstein and the bizarre world of parody Twitter accounts.
Remembering a Polish Jew Who Helped Smuggle Hundreds of His Coreligionists Out of Nazi-Occupied France
Justus Rosenberg.