A professor at the University of Houston and the Women’s Institute of Houston, Robert Zaretsky is also a culture columnist at the Forward.
Robert Zaretsky
By Robert Zaretsky
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Opinion A great Jewish historian guided America away from war — is there no one to guide Donald Trump?
Trump could use an advisor like Barbara Tuchman whose 'Guns of August' was crucial to JFK during the Cuban missile crisis
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Opinion Bombing Iran, Donald Trump is triggering a tragedy that Thucydides foretold long ago
Whether it's Athens and Sparta or the US, Israel and Iran, the story and its lessons remain the same
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Opinion Eventually, the French turned against their government — when will Americans turn against Trump?
French opposition to the roundups of its Jewish citizens during WWII offer reasons for hope today
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Opinion A Trumpian parade with soldiers, jets and military vehicles? No tanks.
Trump envies the military spectacle that France perfected, but his ghoulish celebration is the complete opposite
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Opinion As fires burn in LA, has Trump found his Reichstag fire moment?
Trump's decision to call in the National Guard to quell unrest recalls the ways in which Hitler asserted and consolidated power
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Opinion At the forefront of French opposition to the war in Gaza, the superstar rabbi who inspired an HBO series
Decrying destruction, death and famine, Delphine Horvilleur is practicing what she's been preaching
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Opinion De Gaulle would weep at the soullessness of Netanyahu and Trump
Blaming France for the murders in Washington, D.C. is yet another low for Israel's prime minister
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Opinion This Jewish mathematician understood why Trump is a terrible poker player
John von Neumann co-authored a theory of games, which explains a lot about the president's approach to economics
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