Rethinking Holocaust Memory
“Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being...
Essays
March 1968: Pierpaolo Pasolini to the Students
We are posting Pierpaolo Pasolini’s 1968 letter to the students in revolt to invite reflection on...
Extravagant reflections around Pesach
This essay is part of a widespread reflection on the places and forms of historical Judaism....
Del doman non v’è certezza
From the joint program on Giorno della Memoria In the past weeks I have received hundreds...
Truth or Dare?
Reinterpreting Al-Harīrī’s Arab Rogue. The Markaz Review, 2021 A new English translation of Impostures from Basra-born...
Immanuel’s Riddle
“But when I raise my voice at Kedushah or Yozer, the fountains of song open wide....
The Heretical Origins of the Sonnet
This essay was published in: Daily JStor, April 21, 2021 Of variable rhyme scheme and meter,...
The Last Muslims in Italy
During Dante’s lifetime, the only Muslim city on the Italian peninsula ceased to exist. Dante does...
Always Remember Your Name
A memoir by Andra and Tatiana Bucci. Forward by Ruth Franklin Andra and Tatiana Bucci, Always...
The Jesuit
Nicola Chiaromonte, The Partisan Review, February 1948 We had been at school together, at the Collegio...