From the American Scene: Pawnbroker on Eighth Avenue by Donald Paneth Irving Berg who lives in Great Neck, Long Island.
The Study of Man: New Light on “The Authoritarian Personality” by Nathan Glazer The authoritarian personality, published in 1950 as part of the Studies in Prejudice series sponsored by the American Jewish Committee,…
Freud and Boas: Secular Rabbis?Vienna Gaon; Tsaddik of Morningside Heights by Stanley Edgar Hyman We are too enlightened these days to admit that we want a picture or a poem (or even a novel)…
Rav Kuk’s Path to Peace Within Israel:“Ascend to the Roots. . . .” by Herbert Weiner "Son of man," wrote Abraham Isaac Kuk in one of his rhapsodic bursts of prose, "let not names, words, phrases,…
That Big Deal With the Russians:A Realistic Look at the New Realism by Peter Meyer As the years of the cold war lengthen, America grows weary and peevish with the demands made upon her energy,…
The Hot War Over Our Schools:The “3 R’s” and the “Progressives” Meet Head On by Commentary Bk That there is a battle raging in American education is clear to everybody.
The New Suburbanites of the 50’s:Jewish Division by Harry Gersh Looking back, we can see that our generation was a generation on the move.
The Success of Faith:Or is it the Faith of Success? by William Phillips Every period has an ideal—and a scapegoat which it holds responsible for the failure to attain its ideal.
Will the Iraqis Fight for the West?From the Bagdad Slum, It Looks Dubious by Ray Alan Bagdad has a strangely insubstantial air.