A new biography of Frantz Fanon reminds us how the left came to prefer their Jews non-Jewish and their Blacks vocally Black
Captain Alfred Dreyfus would have been 162 years old today. His legacy on the left is dying, while the malice that targeted him is alive and well.
The Tunisian-born writer died in May at 99. He leaves a rich, important, and complicated legacy of colonial and postcolonial thinking.
Overseas, I sought out ways to connect to the community, but when I came home, my old sense of alienation would quickly return
In a candid conversation, the great filmmaker considers his Jewish Orpheus, banality, and his final word
The philosopher’s influential legacy is reshaped by the part of his life story that is often overlooked
Jews in a mostly black genre, the Beastie Boys are nevertheless one of the only acts making authentic hip-hop, as their classic Licensed to Ill proves
Jewish history, the day you were born
It is no accident that Simone de Beauvoir wrote The Second Sex while having an affair with Jewish novelist Nelson Algren
Match a drink to a novelist
The many lives of a restless painter
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