Tuesday, May 11, 2010

The Jewish Question


‘Trials of the Diaspora’

Anthony Julius’s fiercely relevant book on British anti-Semitism is particularly strong on Shylock, Fagin and the whole cavalcade of Jew-hatred in English literature.

Books About Martin Heidegger

Martin Heidegger was undeniably a Nazi. But was his affiliation an “escapade,” as Hannah Arendt claimed, or is his philosophy itself fundamentally corrupt? Two new books reconsider the question.

Irène Némirovsky’s Life and Stories

A biography of Irène Némirovsky and a collection of her stories raise questions about her relationship to her Jewish roots.

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