As Vladimir Putin Sidles Up to the Mullahs, the Threat to the U.S. and Israel Grows
Russia just helped Iran launch a surveillance satellite.
August 12, 2022
Titus and the Gnat
A talmudic legend of a wicked emperor’s demise, set to verse.
After the Roman general, and later emperor, Titus razed Jerusalem and plundered the Temple—according to a talmudic legend—God punished him by sending a gnat via his ear into his brain, which eventually drove him to madness. Cynthia Ozick transformed the tale into a poem in 1982, published for the first time last week. It opens thus:
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Learning from the Success of the Recent Fighting in Gaza
Israel’s triumph rested in not giving in to terrorists’ demands—and also on luck.
To White Supremacists, Jews Are Responsible for All Ills
How racism and anti-Semitism work together in the minds of the Charlottesville marchers.
Titus and the Gnat
A talmudic legend of a wicked emperor’s demise, set to verse.
An Exhibit on the Jewish Delicatessen Seeks to Avoid Kitsch and Nostalgia
There were an estimated 3,000 Jewish delis in New York City in the 1930s; now there are just a few dozen.