Four Books on Southeast Europe by Ghita Ionescu As THIS review is being written relations between Tito's Yugoslavia and her Soviet-controlled neighbors are entering upon a new phase.…
From the American Scene: “A Good Piece of Goods” by Midge Decter MY MOTHER, who lives in the Midwest, spends a good deal of time during her visits to New York in…
On the Horizon: The Writing on the Wall by Edouard Roditi A COUPLE of years ago, an American Jewish resident of Paris happened one evening to be a guest in a…
The Study of Man: Humanism Today: A British View by Kathleen Nott IN THE public mind, humanism is too often confused, on the one hand, with being rude to God and, on…
A 1st-Century Jewish Sage:The Life and Teachings of Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah by Joshua Podro "SINCE Rabbi Joshua died, good counsel has ceased in Israel" Kl (Sotah 49b). This was a contemporary opinion of the…
A Whole Loaf: Stories from Israel, edited by Sholom J. Kahn by Commentary Bk HEBREW literature in English has been, until recently, a kind of literary curiosity: artificial and quaint, remote and lifeless, it…
After the RiotA Story by Dan Jacobson THE Monday morning after the riot there was a policeman on almost every other corner of the town; we saw…
After the Storm:Can de Gaulle End the Algerian War? by Commentary Bk FOR weeks now the entire West has waited on the news from France. As in a suspense film the uncertainty…
Al Smith and His America, by Oscar Handlin by Dennis H. Wrong ALFRED E. SMITH'S career has long symbolized both the gains and the frustrations experienced by the sons of immigrants in…
America, a Partial View:Travel Notes of a Displaced Native by Norman Birnbaum ALL travelers' reports ought to be taken with skepticism, those of returned native travelers even more so. Last summer, after…
Escape from Fear, by Martin A. Bursten by Harry N. Rosenfield WHEN the Hungarian Revolt erupted in October 1956, Martin A. Bursten was among the first to reach the Austro-Hungarian border;…
Fate by Jerome Rothenberg WE tsRE toothless hags; we cannot spit Properly; we cannot express hate or terror But in weakness; a tremor takes…
Four Books on Israel:Some Reflections on Achievements and Problems by Oscar Gass ISRAEL'S achievement in its first decade has now been subjected to many assessments. The four books* presently under consideration were…
Four Books on Southeast Europe by Ghita Ionescu As THIS review is being written relations between Tito's Yugoslavia and her Soviet-controlled neighbors are entering upon a new phase.…
Parktilden Village, by George P. Elliott by Commentary Bk PARKTILDaN VILLAGE, George P. Elliott's first novel, is a satiric nose-thumbing at the age of the social sciences and embodies…
Prophetic Faith in Isaiah, by Sheldon H. Blank by Moses Hadas A PRIME ingredient disappeared from Jewish life when, following the example of philological study generally, concern for the Jewish literary…
The Fourth Republic Abdicates:Anatomy of the Crisis by Ray Alan "INCAPABLE of living decently," wrote Hubert Beuve-M&y in Le Monde at the end of May, "the Fourth Republic does not…
The Recession Hits Gary, Indiana:Smiling Through? by Warner Bloomberg Jr. "I'M AN ingot buggy operator in a billet department. I got bumped out on Christmas Day. Boy! That was some…
