Ethel Rosenberg’s Mythic Innocence
The author of “The Eternal Return of Ethel Rosenberg” joins us for a discussion about his subject’s unending—and false—air of innocence.
The Eternal Return of Ethel Rosenberg
A much-loved new biography argues that the convicted Soviet spy “betrayed no one.” How has the myth of her innocence become so untethered from the evidence of her guilt?
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.
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.
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.