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The Two SaulsWednesday, May 29, 2013 by Clive Sinclair | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Like his biblical namesake, Saul Bellow became a monster in his dotage, according to his son's memoir. But in his writing, at least, Old Saul remained generous.
Christopher Hitchens’s Jewish ProblemTuesday, May 28, 2013 by Benjamin Kerstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In another highlight from our archives, Benjamin Kerstein inquires into a revered writer's virulent hostility toward Judaism (December 13, 2010).
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 by Steven David | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Saddam Hussein torched Kuwait's oil fields. Bashar al-Assad has killed 70,000 of his own people. Why assume that Iran's autocracy will act rationally?Fear in France
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 by Clémence Boulouque | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Anti-Semitic attacks in France are becoming deadlier and more frequent, but the French public remains indifferent.Waiting for Abbas
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 by Ehud Olmert | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"I completely gave up on having an Israeli presence in the Jordan Valley. . . . I proposed a compromise on sovereignty over the Temple Mount." (Interview by Avi Issacharoff)Kafka on Trial
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 by Susanne Klingenstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Two new books show how, and how not, to approach the work of Franz Kafka, now that there is little original left to say.