‘Trials of the Diaspora’
By ANTHONY JULIUS
Reviewed by HAROLD BLOOM
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
By EMMANUEL FAYE and DANIEL MAIER-KATKIN
Reviewed by ADAM KIRSCH
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
Reviewed by FRANCINE PROSE
A biography of Irène Némirovsky and a collection of her stories raise questions about her relationship to her Jewish roots.
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