“Alone Like Us, Perhaps”: Rereading an Ambivalent Masterpiece
Mihail Sebastian was a Romanian and a Jew, at least while he had a choice.
Remains of the Desk
Archives draw obsessives, the helplessly curious. Having burrowed through a writer’s published work, they crave something more: closeness, insight.
The Antisemitic Singularity
The large language elephant, the alignment problem—and the Jewish problem.
Letters, Fall 2025
Candles and Canines; Satellite Control; Trust the Process?; Jewish Central; and Scholarly Numbers
Dobisz’s Sword
The curious case of the sword and the cup. A story by S.Y. Agnon
Framing Devices
Remembering Sukkah City
Shabbat Shalom, Hey?
Sometimes, Friday night dinner feels like murder.
Awe and Shmutz
The greatest challenge for a Philip Roth biographer is that Roth was there first.
Monuments and Mosaics: The Ancient Synagogues of the Galilee
Mosaics, elephants, and the problem of archeology.
Life among the Readers
Ilana Kurshan's reading cure.