A professor at the University of Houston, Robert Zaretsky is also a culture columnist at the Forward. He is now writing a book on Stendhal and the art of living
Robert Zaretsky
By Robert Zaretsky
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Culture Once upon a time, eager acolytes thought their false Messiah could make their country great again — sound familiar?
On the strange but insistent parallels between Sabbatai Sevi of Smyrna and Donald Trump of Queens
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Culture Comparing his indictment to Nazi Germany, Donald Trump is right for extremely wrong reasons
The indicted former president's glib accusations unwittingly invoke the specter of the philosopher Carl Schmitt
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Culture To understand the blindness of our Supreme Court, look to the land of Alfred Dreyfus
As France burns, we can witness the consequences of so-called 'race neutrality'
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Culture Echoing the language of antisemites, Emmanuel Macron has started to embrace the D-word
Exactly what does the French president mean when he speaks of 'decivilization'?
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Culture In Paris, 80 years after a shocking atrocity, forgetting is another form of extermination
The infamous 1942 roundup was part of a plan to deport more than 23,000 of France's Jews
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Culture ‘A terrible responsibility’: In today’s U.S., patriotism is essential — but not easy
During WWII, the philosopher and activist Simone Weil gave patriotism a new definition — one now more crucial than ever.
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Culture How a Holocaust survivor helped win the fight for abortion rights
Five years after her death, Simone Veil is back in the news — in France and the US
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Culture In the wake of the Supreme Court abortion decision, will the real gonif please stand up?
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What did our great-grandparents eat for breakfast?
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Most Eastern European Jewish foods we know about are related to holidays or special occasions. But what kind of foods did Jews in the shtetl eat on a regular Wednesday?
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