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Irving Howe and I

An association with the most ideologically rigid of the New York intellectuals was cemented by a mutual devotion to Yiddish literature and buffeted by disagreements over issues of Jewish moment.Women’s Surprising Defenders

Why do ultra-Orthodox Jews dominate an Israeli rescue enterprise that by rights ought to be the cause of secular feminists?Let’s Talk About It

A pioneering course of instruction helps rabbis to advise religious couples on problems in the bedroom.A Moment to Savor

In the wake of several recent anti-Semitic incidents, who would have thought that Jews could pick up a newspaper to discover that the leading voice in their defense is the Pope? Bellow and I

Remembering a friendship based on personal affection and a shared love of literature and language, and tested by decades-long disagreements.What’s the Agenda?

An 11,000-word essay by New Yorker editor David Remnick proves once again how irrelevant to most Israelis, and to most Americans, is the view that Israel is the culprit in the Middle East.Chagall in Paris

A Philadelphia exhibit shows the encounter of the desperately poor and isolated Russian Jewish artist with a world whose love he craved and, with mixed results for his art, won.How the End Begins

Ron Rosenbaum's speculations on the prospect of nuclear war are most acute in his treatment of Israel's struggle to forestall "Hitler's chain reaction" in the Middle East.