Syndication
Greener Pastures; or How The Israelites Found GodThe Natural History of the Bible:An Environmental Exploration of the Hebrew Scriptures
By Daniel Hillel
Columbia University Press, 376 pages, $32.50.
* * *As an idyll of pastoral serenity, the 23rd Psalm has few peers. It begins with familiar and comforting words: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down…Read more
The Second Tragedy at Bergen-BelsenAfter Daybreak: The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen, 1945By Ben ShephardSchocken Books, 288 pages, $25.* * *Schocken Books, 288 pages, $25.In the middle of the night, when my father cannot sleep, he will pick up the phone in London and call me in New York, where he knows it is still evening, to talk about a topic that torments him. My father…Read more
Cameras in Hand, Volunteers Monitor Palestinian CheckpointsHUWWARA, West Bank — Israelis were shocked and outraged last month by a video still of a young Palestinian man playing his violin in front of Israeli soldiers at a security checkpoint in the West Bank. Published in Ha’aretz, the picture prompted comparisons to Holocaust-era images of Nazi guards commanding helpless Jews…Read more
The Second Tragedy at Bergen-BelsenAfter Daybreak: The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen, 1945By Ben ShephardSchocken Books, 288 pages, $25.* * *Schocken Books, 288 pages, $25.In the middle of the night, when my father cannot sleep, he will pick up the phone in London and call me in New York, where he knows it is still evening, to talk about a topic that torments him. My father…Read more
Cameras in Hand, Volunteers Monitor Palestinian CheckpointsHUWWARA, West Bank — Israelis were shocked and outraged last month by a video still of a young Palestinian man playing his violin in front of Israeli soldiers at a security checkpoint in the West Bank. Published in Ha’aretz, the picture prompted comparisons to Holocaust-era images of Nazi guards commanding helpless Jews…Read more
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