The Courage and Cowardice of Vasily Grossman
Stalingrad represents yet another effort by the author to elevate the intimately personal over the anonymously political.
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Abortion Without Apology
In her new book, Jenny Brown urges feminists to return to a more radical mode of reproductive rights activism.
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Changing the Climate
Naomi Klein's new collection provides a historical overview of the last decade—one that charts how far the environmental left has come.
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Savior Story
The Red Sea Diving Resort treats Ethiopian Jews as hapless victims, rather than political agents.
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Self-Hater
In Nadav Lapid’s new film, Synonyms, a young Israeli attempts to outrun his own Israeliness.
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Facing Reality
In The Lions’ Den, Susie Linfield studies eight Jewish leftists’ views on Israel but fails to confront her own liberal Zionist preconceptions.
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The Rise and Fall of the Fourth Reich
A new book by historian Gavriel D. Rosenfeld traces the persistent idea of a resurgent Nazi regime.
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Speech Acts
Despite its attunement to the political potential of language, Ben Lerner’s The Topeka School remains trapped in reductive narratives about the Trump era.
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Bari Weiss’s Unasked Questions
In How to Fight Anti-Semitism, a facile approach to history justifies an impoverished ethical stance.
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