Latest from Toby Lichtig
Hopelessness and Love in an Israeli Prison
In his prison memoir, Nasser Abu Srour writes in a long tradition of incarcerated authors left only with their thoughts and words as vestiges of their autonomy. Now free from confinement, he has a new challenge on his hands: how to make meaning of his new life in exile.
The Politics of Remembrance
Nearly 80 years on, Lewkowicz can’t get the stench of the bodies burned at Auschwitz out of his nostrils. No display of bronze fins, however well intentioned, can make you confront history like hearing that.
Ignoring Antisemitism Only Makes It Stronger
Antisemitism is back in vogue. What is especially worrying this time is how many seek to downplay it or repeat its tropes without realizing it.