Daniel Septimus
By Daniel Septimus
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Opinion The Real Peoplehood Problem
In a July 15 Forward op-ed, the Jewish Agency’s Misha Galperin sounded an urgent call for funding what he calls “the peoplehood agenda.” This agenda is meant to counter a perceived problem with the younger generation of American Jews. “Having been raised in a world of pluralism and tolerance,” Galperin wrote, “Jews younger than 45…
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Culture Found in Translation
Nestled between Arab East Jerusalem, the ultra-Orthodox mecca of Meah Shearim, and the cafés and pubs of Zion Square is the neighborhood of Musrara. Fittingly, this crossroads is home to Ibis Editions, a small book press specializing in literature of the Levant, works that blur the boundaries between time, place and language. Ibis is the…
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Culture How Personal Is It
Double Vision: A Self-Portrait By Walter Abish Alfred A. Knopf, 220 pages, $24. Walter Abish’s latest book is subtitled “A Self-Portrait,” and though this description suits it better than the usual “A Memoir,” “Self-Portraits” might have been even more accurate. “Double Vision” combines two alternating narratives, “The Writer-To-Be” and “The Writer.” The former details Abish’s…
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