Stanley Cavell
Taking Stock
In a new memoir, philosopher Stanley Cavell reflects on what it means to be alone
The Napkin Artist
Remembering Yiddishist, linguistics scholar, Holocaust survivor, and painter Edward Stankiewicz, who died this year
Jewish Centurions vs. Rome
Street performers who pose for tourists by the Colosseum battle city authorities
The Mideast Crack-Up
Robert Worth, David Goldman, Edward Luttwak, Amos Harel, Nathan Thrall, and Lee Smith on the new Arab map
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Sundown: China Urges North Korea to the Table
5:12 PM —Plus Israeli electric car manufacturer runs of
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The Shared Wisdom of Memorial Day
3:02 PM —A rabbi and a serviceman meet while helping homeless vets
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John Kerry’s Polarizing Turkey Shawarma
1:45 PM —The world cries ‘fowl’ about his culinarily curious choice of grub
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Glenn Greenwald Terrorizes Logic
11:18 AM —On the Guardian columnist’s response to the terror attack in London
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Daybreak: Hezbollah Sustains Losses in Syria
9:07 AM —Plus drones, bacon, Billy Joel, and the Church of Scotland
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Sundown: The Obama Push for Peace Continues
6:23 PM —Israel takes another small step toward Haredi conscription
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A Growing Fear in France
By Clémence Boulouque — As political and financial crises deepen in Western Europe, French Jewry is facing a familiar testHappy Birthday, Mr. Kissinger
By Gil Troy — The influential former secretary of state—courtier, careerist, proud American, conflicted Jew—turns 90Religious Labor
By Elliott Horowitz — Israeli society debates the value of Haredi jobs, but Patrick Leigh Fermor saw the ultra-Orthodox hard at workJohn Kerry’s Silly Play
By Lee Smith — The secretary of state prattles about imaginary treaties while the Arab world is engulfed by a Sunni-Shia civil warHannah Arendt, Guilty Pleasure
By J. Hoberman — Thrill to the Jewish Philosopher Queen as she does battle with boring Nazis, The New Yorker, and Mossad
Go Superfreak!
Dumb and Dumber
The Mideast Crack-Up
New York Rabbi’s Awful Award
Hating Gwyneth Paltrow
Our Arrested Development
Glenn Greenwald Terrorizes Logic
Aussie Jewish Elders React to 'Gangnam Style'
Looking for Rabbi Versed in Dark Talmudic Arts
When Berlin Meant Business
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When Berlin Meant Business
Berlin was once home to 50,000 Jewish-owned businesses. A historian is now obsessively reconstructing their demise.
In Praise of Dairy Restaurants
A visit to B&H Restaurant on Second Avenue brings back memories of milchig establishments of yore
Curse of the Survivor
Singer Vera Gran was haunted by allegations of Nazi collaboration. A new book asks if survival made her guilty.


