Remembered
Raja Shehadeh’s new memoir joins a growing list of literary works on Palestinian life before Israel. But do they tell the whole story?
Pen Pals
David Grossman, Amos Oz, and A.B. Yehoshua have won international acclaim for being the intellectual leaders of Israel’s peace camp. It’s undeserved.
Jews Are Longshots To Win Nobel, Booker
Doctorow and Oz have a chance; Jacobson remains underdog
Daybreak: Russia Gets Real
Plus Fatah and Hamas feud over electricity, and more in the news
Labor of Love
An editor looks back on 50 years at the helm of a leading Israeli literary magazine
Uninvited Spirits
In his new novel, A.B. Yehoshua asks if Jewishness is something one can shed
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.
