From the American Scene: Madame Vishnak and the Victrola by Morris Freedman MY MOTHER, who came to America when she was about sixteen, always talked of the home she ran away from…
On the Horizon: Passover on the Mountain by M. K. Wankowicz THE road from Jerusalem down to the ancient Hebrew city of Shechem or Shem, now the town of Nablus (an…
The Study of Man: America’s Ethnic Pattern by Nathan Glazer THE fact that Americans are alsoand in many cases, primarily-Germans, Italians, Poles, Jews, etc. is taken with deadly seriousness by…
A Group of Lincoln Books by Edward N. Saveth As Benjamin P. Thomas's biography of Lincoln continues week after week on the New York Times best-seller list, it may…
Always the Young Strangers, by Carl Sandburg by Isa Kapp IF WE look back at Henry James's ironic and affectionate portrait of The American, we find a hero surprisingly like…
Are We Israelis Still Jews?The Search for Judaism in the New Society by Ernst Simon THE late Jan Huizinga, famous Dutch cultural historian, characterized the latter part of the Middle Ages in this way: "Life…
Black and White Unite A Story by Marvin Elkoff A MOMENT before, her chirping, scurrying voice had called the meeting to order with: "All right, Comrades and kiddies, to…
Israel’s Left Reels to the Shock of “Prague”:Chronicle of a Disillusionment by Mark Alexander RUMORS in Israel for months and weeks had the Slansky trial starting so many times before it actually did that…
March 1953 by Barbara Guest THE world of my youth is ending. Famous people are dying every day. Gertrude Lawrence, And now it is Stalin.…
Meine Kinder, by Lena Kuechler by Marcia E. Allentuck THE modern parallel to Aycha, the Book of Lamentations, has come to be known by the Yiddish term Churb'n-Literatur. The…
Our Unspoken National Faith:Why Americans Need No Ideology by Commentary Bk THE marvelous success and vitality of American institutions is equaled by the amazing poverty and inarticulateness of our theorizing about…
Point Fourism Is Not Enough:Power Politics and the Economic Fallacy by G. F. Hudson FROM time to time in history philosophers rediscover certain facts about human nature which have always been known, but have…
Socialism and American Life, edited by Donald Drew Egbert and Stow Persons by Paul Kecskemeti SOCIALISM has been preached and practiced in America under many guises. First there was the vogue of small model communities-like…
The Cold War Perspective Without Stalin:Why Soviet Expansion May Now Accelerate by George Lichtheim STALIN'S disappearance from the scene he has so long dominated is the kind of event to which the term "end…
The Outlook for Labor Under Eisenhower:The Organized Need to Be Reorganized by A. H. Raskin EVEN before the Eisenhower sweep, signs were plentiful that American unions faced the unpleasant necessity of reevaluating their basic functions…
Three Books on Germany by Hal Lehrman "How old is she?" Socrates asked a parent complaining about his daughter's disposition. "Four," said the father. "Alas," said the…
Tokyo’s Nipponese-Jewish Friendship League:The Emperor's Brother Testifies to Israel's Chosenness by Arnold Jacob Wolf ACHANUKAH party in the Allied forces' Tokyo Chapel Center is pretty much like any other anywhere. The Jewish community invites…
