McCarthyphobia by Our Readers Letters in response to James Rorty's January 1955 piece, "What Price McCarthy Now?"
From the American Scene: The World of Station WEVD by Ruth Glazer I am hoping one day to confound the Hooper people when they call me by telling them that I'm listening…
On the Horizon: Zionist Revival on the Campus? by Jacob Neusner Zionism was originally a movement to revive the Jewish people; today, one might say, Zionism is chiefly a movement to…
The Study of Man: Bolshevik Man, His Motivations by Daniel Bell During the early truce talks in Korea, American negotiators, headed by Admiral Joy, were equipped with a slim book which…
A Venture in Real Estate by Our Readers Letters in response to Charles Reznikoff's "A Gallery of Jewish Colonial Worthies."
For Zion’s Sake, A Biography of Judah L. Magnes, by Norman Bentwich by Judd L. Teller Dr. Judah L. Magnes's years were spent in purposeful endeavors dedicated to the Jewish commonweal, and in the pursuit of…
Four Rabbis in Search of American JudaismCommentary on a History of Boston’s Temple Israel by Nathan Glazer It seems to have become a custom among American Jews for the larger congregations to publish books to mark the…
How to Remedy Our by Charles Abrams Every day a few hundred Puerto Ricans can be seen at the San Juan airport waiting to get on planes…
Judaism in Islam, by Abraham I. Katsh by Commentary Bk In 1832 the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Bonn announced an essay contest on the subject: “An inquiry into…
Law and Hospitality by Our Readers Letters in response to Charles Abrams's January 1955 piece, "...Only the Very Best Christian Clientele."
McCarthyphobia by Our Readers Letters in response to James Rorty's January 1955 piece, "What Price McCarthy Now?"
Pupil and Master by Our Readers Letters in response to David Baumgardt's November 1954 piece, "Maimonides: Religion as Poetic Truth."
Scapegoat of Revolution, by Judd L. Teller by Paul Kecskemeti Until recently, no aspect of Soviet Communism was as little known and criticized as its actual (as against professed) racial…
Storm Over the Investigating CommitteesThe Charges Against Them and the Record by James Rorty Because the House Committee on Un-American Activities failed to give the notorious American neo-Nazi James A. Madole and the violently…
Strange Doings at by Commentary Bk Published in 1946, George Orwell's Animal Farm remains to this day, in my opinion, the best of anti-Communist books.
Sunset and Evening Star, by Sean O’Casey by Gerald Weales In the last line of Sunset and Evening Star, Sean O'Casey offers a toast to life—rather to Life, for he…
The Anglo-Saxons by Our Readers Letters in response to Dan Jacobson's October 1954 piece, "The Break."
The Communist Terms for Peaceful Co-ExistenceHave They Changed? by G. F. Hudson It is always helpful when people take the trouble to define the words they use in political controversy, and Soviet…
The Fragmented People That Is GermanyStability, But Through Divisiveness by Fritz Stern It is difficult to think of Germany dispassionately, and on my way there last spring I found that I still…
To Wake in the Morning, by Hilda Sidney Krech by Isa Kapp Though there is a lot of triviality and breathless sparkle in this novel about civilian life during World War II,…
Wordsworth and the RabbisThe Affinity Between His by Lionel Trilling In our culture it is not the common habit to read the books of a century ago.