Paul Spiegel
Hannah Arendts Jahrhundertleben. Die neue Biographie zum 50. Todestag
Hannah Arendt ist die Denkerin des 20. Jahrhunderts. In ihren Schriften wie in ihrem Leben spiegeln sich die tiefgreifenden Erschütterungen dieser Zeit: Aufstieg und Fall totalitärer Regimes, Flucht- und Fremdheitserfahrungen, aber auch hoffnungsvolle Neuanfänge prägten ihr... See more
Hannah Arendt ist die Denkerin des 20. Jahrhunderts. In ihren Schriften wie in ihrem Leben spiegeln sich die tiefgreifenden Erschütterungen dieser Zeit: Aufstieg und Fall totalitärer Regimes, Flucht- und Fremdheitserfahrungen, aber auch hoffnungsvolle Neuanfänge prägten ihr... See more
Die Denkerin: Hannah Arendt und ihr Jahrhundert
Since ancient times, in every place they have ever lived, Jews have represented the frightening prospect of freedom. As long as Jews existed in any society, there was evidence that it in fact wasn’t necessary to believe what everyone else believed, that those who disagreed with their neighbors could survive and even flourish against all odds. The
... See moreDara Horn • People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
Readers, I highly recommend the prescient article written by the incomparable and much missed Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, on rabbisacks.org:
Future Tense: The New Antisemitism
What is it & how do we deal with it?
1 November 2007
Future Tense: The New Antisemitism
What is it & how do we deal with it?
1 November 2007
Yossi Klein Halevi • The Blogs | The Marketplace of Ideas
Brenner, complex though he was, was perhaps the cultural icon of the Second Aliyah. His work, still considered brilliant, surfaced issues with which Israel continues to wrestle. He would have undoubtedly done even more than he managed in his brief life, but he was murdered by an Arab mob in the 1921 Jaffa riots.
Daniel Gordis • Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
Austrian Jewish composer Gustav Mahler. Mahler,