Gratitude to Celeste for the editing. This is a centerpiece of the Art and Life book. Great to see it has a nice home at Liberties. libertiesjournal.com/online-artic...
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Yasujirō Ozu is from a different time and place in the sense that in the place where he is from, time does not behave the way our time does. Shigehiko Hasumi, the Japanese literary and film critic and...
I highly recommend this super strong piece on universalism v. particularism in this moment in Judaism. As usual, @emilyctamkin.bsky.social does it right emilyctamkin.substack.com/p/universali...
This is about trying to get to the heart of the matter
Wrote about Primo Levi for a change but this time because of the response to his criticism of Israel in Lebanon in 1982
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Joshua J. Friedman
Ross Gianfortune
Re today's Roland Garros final
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Fascinating development and great piece by @alicesperi.bsky.social, a must follow on this beat
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For @forward.com, I wrote about taking reports of sexual violence seriously regardless of the nationality of the reported perpetrator (which should not be controversial but here we are)
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This is very "water is wet" but incredibly tacky of Trump to insist on going thus making it harder for everyone else to get in the building or party outside. Leaving aside that he is president and theoretically has other work to be doing, it's gaudy, fake fan behavior.
