Books by hillel halkin hillel halkin is a writer, translator, and columnist for the jerusalem post, commentary, and the new york sun. Avishai cites an article i published in commentary in january 1975, where i defend the rights of jews to live in those areas of the israelioccupied west bank that are replete with jewish historical. In northeast india, the pair encounter a sizeable group of locals who are. Its long so i decided to split this into two posts, but its worth reading. This week, the national jewish book award winners were announced and hillel halkin s yehuda halevi snagged the sephardic culture. Hillel halkin is an americanborn israeli translator, biographer, literary critic, and novelist, who has lived in israel since 1970. One might call it the translators equivalent of a solo. Hillel halkin was born in 1939 and moved to israel in 1970. Studying the weekly torah reading with its commentaries is an old jewish custom, and many jewsmost, unlike myself, regular. Commentary is a monthly american magazine on religion, judaism, and politics, as well as social and cultural issues founded by the american jewish committee in 1945 under the editorship of elliot e.
All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Hillel halkin brilliantly evokes the fascinating world of eleventh and twelfthcentury andalusian spain in which halevi lived and discusses the influences that formed him. How to judge robert alters landmark translation of the hebrew. An exchange on zionism by hillel halkin the new york. Hillel halkin does an admirable job fleshing out the history of the great jewish poet and philosopher yehuda halevi. Review of after onehundredandtwenty by hillel halkin tikkun. Never intending to be a losttribe hunter, writertranslator halkin luck and chutzpah, 1997, etc. Jul 04, 2016 hillel halkin, an americanborn israeli scholar and novelist, poignantly explores his own experiences while providing a history of jewish thought. Bari weiss has written what must be judged a brave book. Ideas, llc, an affiliate of the tikvah fund we are grateful to our impressive list of generous donors. This week, the national jewish book award winners were announced and hillel halkins yehuda halevi snagged the sephardic culture. Hillel halkin brings a literary critic\s eye to the text. The selected poems of yehuda halevi nextbook press.
Hillel halkin s work includes letters to an american jewish friend. Hillel halkin s work includes across the sabbath river. In a shimmering gem of a new book, the critic and translator hillel halkin has brought to life, with vibrant and personal immediacy, the passions, ideas, sensibilities, convictionsand the voiceof this emblematic jewish spirit. In search of a lost tribe of israel in search of a lost tribe of israel, and melisande. The zohar, itself a mystical commentary on the chumash written shortly after the time of the ramban, does notice it.
Beautifully translated by hillel halkin, here is sholem aleichems heartwarming and poignant account of tevye and his daughters, together with the railroad stories, twentyone tales that examine human nature and modernity as they are perceived by men and women riding the trains from shtetl to shtetl. A life 2014, and, most recently, after onehundredandtwenty princeton. Commentary hillel halkin with humor and insight derived from modern scholarship, archaeology, linguistics, and history, kugel succeeds as did his ancient interpretive forebears in bringing out. Yehuda halevi by hillel halkin in doc, fb2, txt download e book. Sep 02, 2010 hillel halkin is a writer, translator, and columnist for the jerusalem post, commentary, and the new york sun.
They had intended to settle on a piece of land overlooking jerusalem, halkin relates in his delicious new book, but that turned out to be too expensive. His essays have appeared in commentary, the new republic, the jerusalem post, and other publications, and he serves on the editorial board. Nextbook press is pleased to make available here, in its first original e book, this collection of 35 poems by yehuda halevi in their original hebrew, alongside masterful translations by renowned essayist, critic, and translator hillel halkin, who is the author of a biography of halevi for nextbook press. In search of a lost tribe of israel 2002, and letters to an americanjewish friend. Cohen editor from 1945 to 1959, commentary magazine developed into the leading postwar journal of jewish affairs. You feel as though you are wandering the streets with hillel halkin. Doing justice to the bible hillel halkin, commentary magazine. His articles have been published in commentary, the new republic, the jerusalem post and other publications. He is the author of letters to an american jewish friend and yehuda halevi, both of which won the national jewish book award. The commentaries demonstrate varied ways of reading. The kingdom stern had in mind was the kingdom promised by god to israel, with a rebuilt temple in its capital of jerusalem. His political, cultural, and literary essays have appeared often in commentary. The book is unusual because it sheds a great deal of light on a topic rarely discussed the tensions between the pioneers of the first and second aliyyot. Weiss is admirably succinct in her explanation of why groups having nothing else.
Hillel halkin is an americanborn israeli translator, biographer. Commentary magazines why jews laugh at themselves jewish. It is an enchanting, beautifully written and highly evocative memoir, burrowing deeply into the atmosphere of zichron yaakov. Such, at any rate, is the rather surprising impression one gets from three bulky new books. Hillel halkins work includes across the sabbath river. How to judge robert alters landmark translation of the. And he pieces together the mysterious fragments of halevis last days and his final, fateful voyage to palestine. In english, the word carries a negative connotation.
See all books authored by hillel halkin, including across the sabbath river. Frank award in memory of becky levy award, and was a finalist for the scholarship. At the beginning of the book, halkin acknowledges that jewish perspectives on death are diverse and pointed out that he has his own biases. Hillel halkin is a writer, critic, and translator whose essays have regularly appeared in publications like commentary and the new republic for over thirty years. His political, cultural, and literary essays have appeared often in commentary and the new republic, and he has. Halevi was a multifaceted, complex individual a beloved poet, a successful physician, a lover of beauty and aesthetics, a rabbi and philosopher, a deeply religious person, and a sincere lover of his people and the land of israel.
After onehundredandtwenty is halkin s own midrash or commentary on jewish perspectives of death, mourning, and the afterlife. Halkin won a national jewish book award in 1978 for his first original book letters to an american jewish. Hillel halkin books list of books by author hillel halkin. Hillel halkin s books include yehuda halevi, across the sabbath river, melisande. His essays and columns have appeared regularly in commentary, as well as in the new republic, the jerusalem post, the new york sun, and other. It happened in andalusia, in the muslimruled south of spain. This is because hillel halkin is a scholar, a translator and now also a novelist.
Each poem has been annotated by halkin to offer brief commentary and context for a poet who could be intensely erotic, confessional, spiritual, and liturgical, often at the same time. Hillel halkin is the author of yehuda halevi 2010, across the sabbath river. Sep 20, 2015 hillel halkin brilliantly evokes the fascinating world of eleventh and twelfthcentury andalusian spain in which halevi lived and discusses the influences that formed him. The persistence of the oldest hatred the new york times. Hillel halkin, one of the leading contemporary writers on jewish poetry and the biographer of halevi, discusses halevis youthful poetry in this article in sephardic horizons. Before reading the book, i was only slightly acquainted with halevis poetry from a jewish history class, but i didnt feel a deep connection to halevi or his world. Hillel halkins latest book, the lady of hebrew and her lovers of zion, will be. Dec 24, 2011 this is because hillel halkin is a scholar, a translator and now also a novelist. Shlomo avineri, matti friedman, hillel halkin, dara horn, jon d. In his 19 essay the hebrew book, the prominent hebrew poet and literary figure chaim nachman bialik elaborated on an idea that had been preoccup. His nonfiction books include letters to an american jewish friend, across the sabbath river and, most recently, a biography of the medieval poet yehuda halevi.
Halkin, hillel, commentary, 00102601, apr2003, vol. Over the weekend, i stumbled onto why jews laugh at themselves, an article written by hillel halkin that was published in commentary magazine in 2006. Hillel halkin brilliantly evokes the fascinating world of eleventh and twelfthcentury andalusian spain and discusses the tangle of religious and cultural influenceschristian, muslim, and jewishthat formed halevi. Three or four times, ive started out a few weeks later with high hopes. After onehundredandtwenty is halkins own midrash or commentary on jewish perspectives of death, mourning, and the afterlife. At the risk of sacrilege, i left the latest commentary, with hillel halkin s piece on the achievement of the settlements, in the bathroom, anticipating that during the holiday festivities. He weaves his own humanity and stories into a remarkable work of scholarship. Then i read the introduction and read about how much is between the lines in the story, the social commentary, etc. The result of decades of work, consisting of over 3,000 pages of translated text and commentary, it includes every one of the 35 books from genesis to chronicles that constitute jewish scripture. News corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. Our writers include some of the best commentators on jewish subjects. Gunther plaut examines and torah\s historical context.
In 1970, hillel and marcia halkin moved to israel from new york. Hillel halkin and leon wieseltier, reply by bernard avishai. Is there a corpus of modern literature usefully considered jewish, and if so, what are the books in it. Hillel halkin s masterful biography of yehuda halevi has inspired me deeply. Sarna memorial award hillel halkin s work includes letters to an american jewish friend. Halkins book is a tightly reasoned case for all committed jews to make aliyah to israel. Hillel halkin is a writer, critic, and wellknown translator whose journalism and essays from israel have regularly appeared in publications like commentary and the new republic for over thirty years. Hillel halkins work includes letters to an american jewish friend.
Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Hillel halkin and his leftist historical revisionism of. In search of a lost tribe of israel, letters to an american jewish friend, a strange death, and a translation of sholem aleichem s tevye the dairyman and the railroad stories. This has been a misfortune for hebrew literature, for jewish culture. He is the author of several books, including the the new york times bestselling letters to an americanjewish friend. Very few books, fiction or nonfiction, have made me think and feel so deeply. Three or four times over the years, come rosh hashanah, ive promised myself that this year, this year, ill study at home each week, with its standard commentaries, the parshat hashavua, the weekly torah reading recited in synagogue on the sabbath. The struggle for israels soul by yoram hazony basic.
In our pages, leading writers and scholars discuss the newest books and ideas about religion, literature, culture, and politics, as well as fiction, poetry, and the arts. Relying on the astonishing discoveries of the cairo geniza, he pieces together the mystery of halevis last days, with its fateful voyage to palestine, which became a. His essays have appeared in commentary, the new republic, the jerusalem post, and other publications, and he serves on the editorial board of. You can read him in the jerusalem post, commentary and the new republic on literature and middle east politics. His first book, letters to an american jewish friend, the recipient of a national jewish book award, caused spirited controversy. Bernard avishai and i obviously disagree about too many fundamental things for these to be usefully discussed in a letter such as this. Hillel halkin tikvahs visiting faculty and speakers the tikvah. Hillel halkins books include yehuda halevi, across the sabbath river, melisande. Halkin writes frequently on israel and jewish culture and politics.
The periodical strove to construct a new american jewish identity while. Hillel halkin is a writer, translator, and columnist for the jerusalem post, commentary, and the new york sun. Hillel halkins books include yehuda halevi, across the sabbath. His nonfiction books include letters to an american jewish friend, across the sabbath river and, most recently, a. Yehoshua, author, hillel halkin, translator, trans. His essays and columns have appeared regularly in commentary, as well as in the new republic, the jerusalem. He describes how perspectives change from biblical to talmudic to medieval to contemporary times, examining the concepts of judgment, reward, repair tikkun, resurrection, prayers, and community. When the israelites sinned with the golden calf, it says, they fell from the heights of sinai to the lower depths, for the same serpent that poisoned adam poisoned them, so that gerimu mota lekhol alma, they brought, like adam. The son of a professor at the jewish theological seminary of america, he had a jewish education and religious background, but now.
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