From TLS, a review of Hannah Arendt’s The Jewish Writings; and should understanding necessitate forgiveness? A look back to the 1964 review of Arendt’s book on the Eichmann trial. From Habitus, an interview with Emil Fackenheim on An Epitaph for German Judaism: From Halle to Jerusalem; an interview with Gunther Grass and Imre Kertesz on parallel lives; and an interview with Siona Benjamin on Jews, America, art and the transcultural revolution. From the inaugural issue of International Journal of Conflict and Violence, Nonna Mayer (Sciences Po): Transformations in French anti-Semitism. "The Zionists are our Misfortune": An essay on the (not so) new Antisemitism. From Forward, a review of Terror in Black September: The First Eyewitness Account of the Infamous 1970 Hijackings by David Raab; and a review of A Dangerous Woman: The Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman by Sharon Rudahl. A review of Auschwitz Report; The Black Hole of Auschwitz; and A Tranquil Star: Unpublished Stories of Primo Levi. From crocheting a kippah to making your own shofar, The Jewish Catalog explains it all.
