Trotsky the Jew
Joshua Rubenstein’s new biography obscures the Russian revolutionary’s violent extremism while overemphasizing his Jewishness
Brittle Odessa
Cosmopolitan yet barbarous, Jew-filled and Jew-free, remote but central—a new history explores the Black Sea port city’s many contradictions
It’s a Small World
Albert Kahn’s 100-year-old photography project brought humanity into focus




