Adam Kirsch is a contributing editor for Tablet Magazine and the author of Benjamin Disraeli, a biography in the Nextbook Press Jewish Encounters book series.
Albion’s Shame
In Trials of the Diaspora, Anthony Julius offers an encyclopedic history of English anti-Semitism
The Red and the Slack
Jennifer Gilmore’s latest novel grapples with the legacy of Jewish radicalism in the late 20th century
Positively Jewish
Great Britain’s chief rabbi calls for a Judaism unafraid to engage with the world
Jerusalem Daze
In Crossing Mandelbaum Gate, Kai Bird recalls growing up in the Middle East as a diplomat’s son
Heirs to the Throne
In a new book, Robert Alter examines the debt American literature owes to the King James Bible
Flight of Fancy
In The Escape, Adam Thirlwell grapples with Jewishness, carnality, and the essence of fiction
Exodus ’56
A novel examines the parallel dislocations of Hungarian and Egyptian immigrants to Israel
Ben-Gurion
Sounding Off
Note to some of my fellow progressives: If we can’t argue about Israel without using anti-Semitic tropes, then the debate is lost before it even begins
Cheap Eats
An entrepreneur opened a Jewish-themed restaurant in Lviv, Ukraine. Chopped liver is on the menu, but not its price—diners get to haggle over it.
Grace Notes
Orthodox klezmer and bluegrass virtuoso Andy Statman and evangelical country star Ricky Skaggs cross genres and faiths to form a mighty duo
Goodbye to All That
For generations, the Jews of Caracas had idyllic weather, prosperity, and vibrant communal organizations. Things have changed under Hugo Chávez.
