The Unhappy Identity, by Alain Finkielkraut
Philosopher, essayist, and professor of “History and Modernity” at the prestigious “École Polytechnique,” Alain Finkielkraut is a frequent guest on talk shows and a regular contributor to the French media.
Resurgent Antisemitism: Global Perspectives, by Alvin Rosenfeld
Resurgent Antisemitism: Global Perspectives, by Alvin Rosenfeld, ed., Indiana University Press, 2013, 561 pp. Reviewed by Catherine D. Chatterley Today, more than sixty years after the destruction of European Jewry, antisemitism is a globalized phenomenon and one that appears to be evolving on a number of fronts. Jew-hatred has a millennial history and is one […]
God, Jews and the Media: Religion and Israel’s Media, by Yoel Cohen
Several years ago, Bar Ilan University held a symposium on religion and the media. As a newspaper reporter, I was curious as to what the panelists might have to say about the moral issues occasionally faced by journalists.
The Jewish Origins of Cultural Pluralism: The Menorah Association and American Diversity, by Daniel Greene
The Jewish Origins of Cultural Pluralism: The Menorah Association and American Diversity, by Daniel Greene, Indiana University Press, 2011. 185 pp. Reviewed by Sarah Schmidt Daniel Greene, Director of the Scholl Center for American History and Culture at the Newberry Library in Chicago, has written a well-researched monograph on the Intercollegiate Menorah Association, a group […]
From Ambivalence to Betrayal: The Left, the Jews, and Israel, by Robert Wistrich
Historian Robert Wistrich, who holds the Neuberger Chair for Modern European and Jewish History at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and is the head of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism, publishes prolifically.
Unbroken Spirit: A Heroic Story of Faith, Courage and Survival, by Yosef Mendelevich
More than twenty years ago, the Soviet Union fell and its control over Eastern Europe ended.
