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‘The Genius of Judaism’: An excerpt
I remember a preface I wrote thirty years ago … for a book of photographs devoted to the men in black of Mea Shearim.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: A calling to see — and write about — the truth
The peripatetic philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy was en route from Iraq to his home in Paris when the Journal caught up with him by phone during a stopover in Morocco and spoke about a wide range of topics, from the election of Donald Trump to the successes of Zionism.
Bernard-Henri Lévy bares his Jewish soul
Philosophers only rarely achieve the celebrity of a rock star or a sports hero, but Bernard-Henri Lévy, who has been described as “France’s greatest philosopher,” is an exception.
How 486 frames transformed the Zapruder Family
“Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film” by Alexandra Zapruder (Twelve) is a wholly unique family memoir and a fascinating monograph about one of the most consequential artifacts in recorded history, the 486 frames of 8 mm color movie film that Abraham Zapruder shot in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.