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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Culture Satire on ‘Saturday Night Live’ used to be a deadly weapon; is it still enough in the Trump era?
An exhibit of the papers of Lorne Michaels offers sobering insights about the limits of humor
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Opinion If an antisemite chops down a memorial tree in Paris, how do we know it makes a sound?
The destruction of an olive tree planted in honor of murder victim Ilan Halimi has drawn widespread condemnation but little press
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Opinion Should we fear that Trump is this generation’s Neville Chamberlain? In a word, yes.
Trump's summit with Putin mirrors Chamberlain's meeting with Hitler in stunning and sobering ways
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Opinion Which school of philosophy provides the best guide for how to think about Gaza?
When it comes to the horrors of the war in the MIddle East, neither Moses nor Immanuel Kant is sufficient
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Opinion Recognizing Palestinian statehood, Emmanuel Macron once again reveals himself a master of bad timing
Unlike his role model Charles de Gaulle, the French prime minister always chooses the wrong moment to act
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Opinion In a time of fear and despair, we can still feel and inspire awe
In biblical times and in the Nazi era, ordinary men and women performed awe-inspiring acts; they still do today
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Books In a time of xenophobia, displacement and distraction, we need Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ more than ever
Informed by scholarship and family history, Daniel Mendelsohn's translation is both vital and timely
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Opinion A Trumpian farce to make the ghosts of Jefferson, Madison and Vichy France’s victims weep
The resignation of the president of the University of Virginia is a national tragedy
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