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Izašao je novi broj "Lamed-E- A Quarterly Journal of Politics and Culture". Selected and Edited by Ivan Ninic
Sadržaj:
The Geopolitics of
Israel
Biblical and Modern
Pact or Fiction By Lee Smith
The recent rapprochement betweenFatah and Hamas may be a blessing. Itexposes the fatal flaw at the heart of thepeace process: the West’s fantasy ofPalestinian moderation.
Found in Translation By Samantha M. Shapiro
Scholar Adin Steinsaltzdiscusses his recently completed editionof the Talmud, why the Internet is better than TV, and the prospect of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and Elvis playingcards together
Monk, mystic, mechanic By Avner Shapira
Ludwig Wittgenstein's complicated tieswith his Viennese family, the suicides of three of his siblings,
his ambivalent attitude toward his
Jewish origins
and his homosexuality -
all are examined in a new
exhibition in Berlin
in honor
of the great 20th century philosopher,
who died 60 years ago.
Gathering Storm By David Kaufmann
Aberrant Marxist, heretical Jew, maverick social theorist — Walter Benjamin remains difficult to classify, but his mystique only continues to grow
Lenin's Jewish roots confirmed Associated Press
Newly released letter written by Lenin's eldest sister reveals their maternal grandfather was a Ukrainian Jew who converted to Christianity to escape Pale of Settlement, gain access to higher education
For the first time ever, ordinary Russians can now see documents that appear to confirm longstanding rumors that Vladimir Lenin had Jewish heritage. In a country long plagued by anti-Semitism, such heritage can be a significant taint, especially for the founder of the Soviet Union who is still revered by many elderly Russians. Among dozens of newly released documents on display at the State History Museum is a letter written by Lenin's eldest sister, Anna Ulyanova, saying that their maternal grandfather was a Ukrainian Jew who converted to Christianity to escape the Pale of Settlement and gain accessto higher education. "He came from a poor Jewish family and was, according to his baptismal certificate, the son of Moses Blank, a native of (the western Ukrainian city of) Zhitomir," Ulyanova wrote in a 1932 letter to Josef Stalin, who succeeded Lenin after his death in 1924. "Vladimir Ilych had always thought of Jews highly," she wrote. "I am very sorry that the fact of our origin – which I had suspected before –was not known during his life time."
Balkan Mystery By Adam Kirsch
In
Leeches
, a novel by the SerbianJewish writer David Albahari, Belgrade plays home to nationalists, anti-Semites, and kabbalistic puzzles
FRANCIS-AMIR OFNER
(1913– 2011)
By Zvi Loker
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