December: Dostoevsky and the Jews
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Why Dostoevsky Loved Humanity and Hated the Jews
The case of the literary master helps explain why people who devote themselves to compassion for all so often make an exception for Jews.
Ecstasy and Amnesia in the Gaza Strip
Three catastrophes, all marked by euphoria at the start and denial at the end, have shaped the Palestinian predicament. Has the fourth arrived, and is the same dynamic playing out?
What Kissinger Really Thought
Interviews with Norman Podhoretz and Elliott Abrams recreate the foreign-policy debates of the cold war, and illuminate Kissinger’s attitudes toward Israel and the Jewish people.
The Hebrew Language's Expression of the Year
Rarely heard in the speech of most Israelis in the past, b’sorot tovot, an ironic “good news,” has suddenly become a common way of saying goodbye.
