From the Archives
Not by the Rivers of Babylon
It turns out that Israel sits on a “saddle point” between four weather systems. The rabbis of the Talmud didn’t know that, but they did have some interesting things to say about rain.
The Jewish Turn of Norman Podhoretz
A new biography charts the rise of Norman Podhoretz, from a young voice of the anti-Communist left, to a leading neoconservative and American Zionist.
History, Memory, and the Fallen Jew
Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi predicted a day when the historian would give his task over to the poet. A retrospective look at his writings show his own struggle between the claims of academic history and Jewish memory.
As Though the Power of Speech Were an Ordinary Matter
Moods provides glimpses into Yoel Hoffmann’s life in literature and his ambivalence about the project of capturing life in words.
Past Issues
Issue No. 40
Winter 2020
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Fall 2019
Issue No. 38
Summer 2019
Issue No. 37