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Excerpts from Memory Rose into Threshold Speech
“There was talk of your God, I spoke
/ against him”
Paul Celan June 7, 2021
Excerpts from Microliths They Are, Little Stones
“Who does not expect the poem, will not recognize it either — ”
Paul Celan June 7, 2021
Meditations on Celan
Reflections on mystery, translatability, and the limits of the speakable in single Celan poems
Chase Berggrun, Aria Aber, Michael Hofmann, and Peter Cole June 7, 2021
Celan’s Ferryman
Pierre Joris, who has been translating Paul Celan into English for more than 50 years, discusses a life lived with the poet’s work.
Fanny Howe June 7, 2021
When “Antifa” Is the Enemy
A new group calling itself “Jewish-Israeli Dissent” is challenging the German left’s unbridled support for Israeli government policies.
Isabel Frey June 3, 2021
Who Owns American Judaism?
Lila Corwin Berman’s new book traces the explosion of the American Jewish philanthropic sector over the past 70 years—and its corrosive effect on contemporary Jewish life.
Raphael Magarik June 1, 2021
A TABLEAU OF ASPIRATION OR FRANKLIN SITTING ON THE SOLITARY GARDEN DECK CHAIR IN 1973’s A CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING
“narcotized rage / is all the rage”
Momtaza Mehri May 28, 2021
The Rise of the New Settler State
In Lod and other so-called “mixed” cities, recent violence stems in part from the presence of religious Zionist groups that have transposed the settler movement’s methods back inside the Green Line.
Joshua Leifer May 27, 2021
