David Stromberg is a writer, translator, and scholar living in Jerusalem. Among his recent publications are several speculative essays, including “A Short Inquiry into the End of the World,” “The Eternal Hope of the Wandering Jew,” and “To Kill an Intellectual.”
I’ve been cursed to envision peace without ever experiencing it myself.
The times may be captive, but the thinking has to remain free.
Intellectualism’s core activity is analysis—investigating how and why certain occurrences take place around us.
Camus embodied an existence that was itself conflicted, caught between the vectors of history and lived experience.
Understanding the extent of the threat posed by Bibi requires a broad historical perspective.
I remember hearing the news and thinking that this was going to end badly for everyone. I had no idea just how bad things would get.
The cultural legacy of Bruno Schulz.
What to become? Dissident or emigrant? Move abroad?