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André Aciman, Sarah Wildman, and Others Build a Summer Reading List
Looking for a good book to sink into at the beach in these waning dog days? Friends share what they’ve loved lately.
August 14, 2015


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Richard Howard’s Politics of Togetherness
The poet, who died last month, understood that American tradition is broken—but knew it was possible to begin again
When Should Leaders Break the Law?
Without an elite capable of making good decisions, rights and laws aren’t worth the paper they are printed on
The little-known Romanian writer Abraham Zissu espoused a conception of Judaism rooted in a deep love for one’s community, and a simultaneous willingness to challenge its fundamentals
The Open Society and Its Prophets
Henri Bergson’s original heuristic of open and closed societies emphasizes that liberalism is a religion born out of moments of mystical perception and faith
Cultural Calendar
Moses Mendelssohn: We Dreamed of Nothing but Enlightenment
April 14 - September 11, 2022
Jüdisches Museum Berlin
Marcel Proust: Du côté de la mère
April 14 - August 28, 2022
Museum of the Art and History of Judaism, Paris
Radioactive
Radioactive tells the story of a crafty bigot who used a new mass medium to spread hate and get much too close to political power. This eight-part podcast, hosted by Detroit journalist Andrew Lapin, weaves together archival materials and present-day interviews to tell the story of Father Charles Coughlin’s dangerous rise and dramatic fall. Radioactive is produced by Tablet Studios, with support from Maimonides Fund, and in association with The WNET Group’s reporting initiative, Exploring Hate: Antisemitism, Racism and Extremism.


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My Favorite Anti-Semite
An occasional series of tributes to writers, artists, philosophers, and others who hate us and to why we still find value in their work.


He was the greatest and strangest of all ball players, a fierce competitor, and a hateful person
BY ARI HOFFMAN


Why the German-language writer and memoirist yearned for an era he never knew
BY WESLEY YANG


Kaddish for the late poet with a history of bigotry, from a poet with a feeling for jazz
BY JAKE MARMER


The progressive-era novelist’s greedy, red-haired, Polish Jew, Zerkow, is the 20th century’s greatest golem
BY ELISA NEW


The 20th-century master of horror admired Hitler but married a Jew and hated ‘alien’ cultures but created some of the most memorable ones in literature
BY HUNTER C. EDEN


Regardless of whether or not we should forgive our favorite artists for these sorts of opinions, one thing is clear: We definitely want to.
BY ALEXANDER ACIMAN