The Thermometer Interview: Anetta Kahane
Spotlight: Germany. Temperature: 60 degrees.
The Thermometer Interview: Karel Schwarzenberg
Spotlight: Czech Republic. Temperature: 70 degrees.
The Thermometer Interview: David Hirsh
Spotlight: United Kingdom. Temperature: 80 degrees and climbing.
The Thermometer Interview: Anton Pelinka
Welcome to The Thermometer Interview, a new series of conversations that will test the temperature of Europe.
With America on the retreat, what happens in Europe...
How the Six-Day War Veterans Felt: Revisiting ‘Soldiers’ Talk’
The candidness and emotional vulnerability of Israeli soldiers is of such renown today that there’s even a pejorative for it: yorim ve’bochim, shooting and crying.
Is Germany Moving Away From Holocaust Angst?
The notion that Germany has special responsibilities due to the Holocaust influences Merkel’s outlook on the world significantly. But this is not to say everything is rosy.
Why Susan Sontag and Bernard-Henri Lévy Spoke Out in Bosnia
Into the hell of Bosnia entered Susan Sontag. It was July 1993, her second visit, and she was in Sarajevo to direct a production of Waiting for Godot.
Boublil & Schönberg: The French Duo Behind Two Broadway Megahits
The helicopter has landed—again. Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s musical behemoth Miss Saigon returns to Broadway this March after a 16-year hiatus.
David Irving Sticks to His Script
Sixteen years later, the original “cast members” look back at the famous trial that debunked Holocaust revisionism—and changed their lives.
Howard Jacobson Meets Shylock
The Man Booker award-winning British author gives The Merchant of Venice a new twist. And no, he doesn’t think Shakespeare was an anti-Semite.
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s public intellectual no.1 has become its number-one defender of Jews—and democratic intervention around the world.