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The Complete History of the Jewish People Starting with David Schneider

I’m old. I write to you now as an old person. Amend the census, tick the age box marked ‘35 to what-does-it-matter-he’s-pastit-now’

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Essays

From Oligarch to Icon

The plight of Mikhail Khodorkovsky raises questions about the place of Russian Jews today Peering from behind bars, his hair shorn to prison regulation length, Mikhail Khodorkovsky maintains a quiet dignity. Once the... [Read more]

Occupying God

Protestors Across the Globe Rely on the Language of Morality of the Great Religious Civilisations Three cities, three continents, three faiths. In Egypt’s Tahrir square, young secular activists worked together with... [Read more]

Dispatches

Salt Beef in Soho + Channukah in Budapest

Salt Beef in Soho On a London street nowhere near the Jewish heartland, next to... 

Book Reviews

Before and After

Far to Go by Alison Pick Headline Review 2011 The List by Martin Fletcher Thomas... 

The Origin of Violence

The Origin of Violence Fabrice Humbert Serpent’s Tail 2011 The Origin of Violence... 

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