Henry James and the Jews:A Critical Study by Leo B. Levy AS A writer who consciously sought to create an art in which the values of traditional society make a primary…
On the Horizon: Oxford’s New Theological Dictionary by Stanley Edgar Hyman THE imposing Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church,* the first of its sort, offers itself "not only to those who…
American Protestantism and Social Issues, 1919-1939, by Robert Moats Miller by Robert E. Fitch IT is the great convenience of the church (temple, synagogue) that it functions both as savior and as scapegoat. If…
Arlington–Another Little Rock?School Integration Fight on Washington's Doorstep by William Korey THE volcano of hatred and violence that erupted in Little Rock last September is now rumbling on the doorstep of…
As You Make It by Commentary Bk YOUR bed They said So shall you lie on it But I found rocks Were kinder than clocks And did…
Cinque Storie Ferraresi, by Giorgio Bassani by Edouard Roditi JEWS have always been a very small minority in Italy, but in the past hundred years or so they have…
De Gaulle in Power:The Fifth Republic in the Mirror of History by H. Stuart Hughes AMONG the various anecdotes, authentic or bien trouvees, that circulated in Paris this summer, the one that best expressed the…
Four Books on the Middle East by J. C. Hurewitz THREE of the four books under review focus on the Arab-Israel dispute. All three rest on a premise which no…
Friend in Power, by Carlos Baker by Richard Schickel IT is almost too good a coincidence to be true. Americans seem suddenly beset with a desire for reconciliation with…
Henry James and the Jews:A Critical Study by Leo B. Levy AS A writer who consciously sought to create an art in which the values of traditional society make a primary…
Iraq After the Coup:The Pan-Arabs Take Over in Baghdad by Ray Alan ONLY the politically illiterate will charge Gamal Abdel Nasser with the July 14 coup in Iraq, but it is undeniable…
Life in the U.S. Army:Fantasyland, Peacetime Variety by Harris Dienstfrey ON HIS first or second day in the United States Army, every soldier receives, gratis, Department of the Army Pamphlet…
Problems of Israel’s Economy:Much Still to be Resolved by Alex Rubner IN THE 1948-58 period, the State of Israel has become a solid political unit and a recognized military power in…
Strategic Surrender: The Politics of Victory and Defeat, by Paul Kecskemeti by Gordon A. Craig FEW criticisms of Western leadership during World War II have been accepted more uncritically than the charge that the war…
The Horns of Moses:Old Symbols and New Meanings by Norman Cohn THERE are Jews still alive who can remember being told that they could not possibly be Jews because they had…
The Other CheekA Story by Jay Kaplan OVER twenty years have passed since all of this happened, and probably I do not really remember it accurately, yet…
The Siren of the Kitchen by David Galler NOT all her day foundered between sink and stove, As raves would have us think. To watch her hand Beguile…