All 19 articles by Ralph Seliger

  • 23 Jul 10
  • Culture

    Agora Phobia

    A new film about ancient religious conflict resonates, but fails at the box office. MORE »

  • 27 Jan 10
  • Culture

    Nazis vs. Nature

    A new film dramatizes a 1936 mountain-climbing contest--and prefigures the horrors of World War II. MORE »

  • 11 Nov 09
  • News

    Jews on J Street

    A new liberal Washington lobby comes of age at its first annual conference. MORE »

  • 09 Sep 09
  • Culture

    Einstein and Israel

    The great scientist was both a Zionist and bi-nationalist—a fact too complex for the author of a new book to accept. MORE »

  • 02 Apr 09
  • Features

    ‘Kidnapped’ in Gaza

    A BBC correspondent's book--now available in the United States--details his Gaza kidnapping and collects balanced reportage from the Middle East and Central Asia. MORE »

  • 22 Mar 98
  • Culture

    The Way The Wind Blew

    A review of The Way The Wind Blew: A History of the Weather Underground (Verso), by Ron Jacobs. MORE »

  • 23 Nov 97
  • Culture

    The Genesis of Peoplehood

    A review of Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness (Columbia University Press), by Rashid Khalidi. MORE »

  • 14 Jul 97
  • News

    Cloning Rabin

    After 23 years of domination by Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin, Israel's largest political party has selected a new... MORE »