Joshua Cohen
Joshua Cohen is the author, most recently, of Witz. A collection of novellas, Four New Messages, is forthcoming from Graywolf Press in 2012.
Martyrologies
Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish created a poetry of martyrdom for his people—and a political coup for the idea of the nakba
Yizkor, Book
On Yom Kippur, a day of remembrance, offering a blessing for the life and death of books
War Poet
In new translations of his poems about soldiers, disappearance, and life cycles, Israeli poet Yitzhak Laor uses biblical allusions, humor, and rage to explore the absurdities of modern Israeli life
Moving Pictures
A new translation of Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago unlocks the novel’s cinematic qualities
Clockwork
The Sabbath is but one of the Jewish contributions to the science of keeping time
Flying High
The novella ‘Union Jack’ offers Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész in top form
Repurposed
Heimrad Bäcker’s ‘documentary poems’ turn artifacts of evil into the stuff of art
Experimental Fiction
In a 1931 novel, Ernst Weiss integrated medicine and literature
Writing on the Wall
An anthology highlights the divide between sanctioned and forbidden literature
Word Play
What the French novelist Georges Perec owed to the kabbalistic tradition
Ben-Gurion
The Eichmann Trial
Sacred Trash
The Tenth Man
The key to Christopher Hitchens wasn’t his iconoclasm; it was his desire for belonging—and the proof can be found in an unexpected place
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
The Dispossessed
Hugo Chávez is ramping up his assault on Venezuela’s upper class, and now a rare Jewish paradise is squarely in his sights. Can it be salvaged?
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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.
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Heroine Stupor
Wanted Women, a new joint biography of two Muslim women, refuses to distinguish between an al-Qaida terrorist and a feminist intellectualby Andrew RobertsSt. Leonard’s Passion
Leonard Cohen releases his 12th album, Old Ideas. The troubadour and poet hasn’t always been popular, but he is always profound.by Liel LeibovitzSentimental Journey
In the new collected stories of Nathan Englander, and in his revised Haggadah, Jews cling tenuously to the easily broken chains of traditionby Adam KirschPregnant Pause
Pregnancies are fertile ground for superstition, especially for those who assume their traditions and lucky charms are based in Jewish lawby Allison HoffmanHostage Crisis
The Egyptian government is preparing a show trial for 19 American pro-democracy organizers. Is this what life after Hosni Mubarak looks like?by Lee Smith




