Q&A With Leon Wieseltier
On Jewish literature, Israel, digitization, freedom of expression and the pleasures of being insulted.
Fiction // Killing Brother Michael
Leib’s brother was named Michael, after Michael Faraday, creator of the balloon and author of the work The Chemical History of the Candle. Faraday was a prominent chemist and physicist during the mid-1800s, and Leib’s father—a balloonist during the week, an aspiring inventor on weekends—found Mr. Faraday’s biography and rubbery inventions encouraging in both his personal and professional life.
Modern Hebrew: The Epic Transformation of a Language
While teaching modern Hebrew in England and the United States, Norman Berdichevsky got a shock. Many of his students, he
How America Got Its (Bus) Wheels Back
The story of how discount curbside buses have transformed the nature of intercity travel. With a detour to rabbinical court. And a 15-minute rest stop.
BOOK REVIEW | BARBARA PROBST SOLOMON
BOOK REVIEW | BARBARA PROBST SOLOMON In Search of Peace at Auschwitz Peter Matthiessen (who died this April at the
Vegan Cooking: Deliciously Metaphysical
Vegan food: A metaphysical delight!
The Story of Sergey Brin
It takes a bit of searching to find Sergey Brin’s office at the Googleplex. Tucked away in a corner of
The Mysterious Tale of a Ukrainian University’s Anti-Semitic Crusade
An anti-Semitic campaign at a Kiev institution—featuring former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke, shadowy foreign agents and outlandish claims—ends almost as suddenly as it began.
How Going Green Will Make the World Safer for Jews—And Everyone Else
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman is best known for his views on foreign affairs as expressed