Congress Has a Chance to Stop a Bad Iran Deal
Squandering leverage and opening the door to further extortion.
September 12, 2023
Vladimir Nabokov’s Faith, and His Converted Jews
Pnin and Penninah.
The Russian-born poet and novelist Vladimir Nabokov was married to a Jewish woman, a fact that led the couple to flee from Berlin to Paris with their son in 1937, and then from Paris to the U.S. in 1940. Less known is the fact that Nabokov’s own maternal great-grandfather was born a Jew. With this in mind, Maxim Shrayer considers the converted Jews and Christians of Jewish descent who populate Nabokov’s English and Russian fiction, and what they signify about the author’s attitudes toward religion and Judaism:
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How the Oslo Accords Let Illegal Weapons Flow into Israel
And made possible the crime wave terrorizing Arab communities.
Why One Who Repents Can Be Greater Than One Who Never Sinned in the First Place
A lesson from loss.
Vladimir Nabokov’s Faith, and His Converted Jews
Pnin and Penninah.
The Mysterious First Temple-Era Channels Cut into Jerusalem’s Bedrock
A unique find.