The Myth of Sisyphus, by Albert Camus; Literary and Philosophical Essays, by Jean-Paul Sartre by Leslie A. Fiedler
On the Horizon: Memoir of a Rumanian Rope-Climber by Commentary Bk It was a long way from Rumania to the United States in the early decades of this century, especially when…
The Study of Man: The All-Powerful “I” by Paul Kecskemeti Psychoanalytical thought has been in a state of flux for quite a while now, as efforts continue to revise Freud’s…
Biography and Faith by Our Readers Letters in response to David Daiches's December 1955 piece, "My Father, and His Father."
Greek Letter Discrimination: Fraternities Without Brotherhood by James Rorty Racial and religious prejudice, which is increasingly on the defensive in modern America, is still entrenched on the college campus…
Mark Twain’s Neglected Classic: The Moral Astringency of “Pudd’nhead Wilson” by F. R. Leavis The scene of "Pudd’nhead Wilson"—a much neglected novel that F. R. Leavis ranks as a masterpiece—is Dawson’s Landing in Missouri…
Modern Art in the Synagogue, II: Artist, Architect, and Building Committee Collaborate by William Schack This is the second of two articles (the first appeared in December 1955) in which William Schack reports on the…
Protestant-Catholic-Jew: An Essay in American Religious Sociology, by Will Herberg by Marshall Sklare
The Kastner Case by Our Readers Letters in response to Kurt Grossman's letter in the January 1956 issue.
The Myth of Sisyphus, by Albert Camus; Literary and Philosophical Essays, by Jean-Paul Sartre by Leslie A. Fiedler
The Pharisaic Tradition Today: Excuse or Inspiration? by Jakob J. Petuchowski Modern scholarship’s rescue of the Pharisees from the New Testamentary cloud under which they dwelt for so long has been…
The Stage Anne Frank by Our Readers An exchange between Algene Ballif and readers on her November 1955 piece, "Anne Fank on Broadway."
The Uptown Social Club by Our Readers Letters in response to Theodore Frankel's November 1956 piece, "The Uptown Social Club."
Three Weeks in Cairo: A Journalist in Quest of Egypt’s Terms for Peace by Hal Lehrman Hal Lehrman’s on-the-spot report from Cairo.
Western Strategy and Economic Revolution: Direct or Delaying Action? by H. Stuart Hughes One school of thought holds that we must challenge Communism’s revolutionary dynamism with a dynamic program of our own, in…
Returning to Dachau: The Living and the Dead by Commentary Bk The visit to Dachau that Bruno Bettelhbim describes here was his second. A Viennese by birth and education, Dr. Bettelheim…
Reader Letters February 1956 by Our Readers The Stage Anne Frank TO THE EDITOR OF COMMENTARY: Algene Ballif's complaint that the adaptation of the Diary of Anne…
