Lucy Dawidowicz: Dispassionate Historian and Bold Defender of Jewish Interests
An engaging and revelatory new biography is a necessary reminder of the Jewish historian’s important place among 20th-century American intellectuals.
July 7 2020 12:01AM
Few American Jews Were Communists, and Many Fewer Were Spies
But notoriously some, like Morton Sobell, were both. For the Jewish community, their highly visible profile was a constant source of tension and embarrassment.
June 11 2019 12:01AM
Communism, Zionism, and the Jews: A Brief Romance
Communist parties worldwide, including in the U.S. and Palestine, took their orders from Moscow, which meant that—with one consequential exception—they opposed Zionism.
Nov. 20 2017 12:01AM
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