A richly deserved prize for a magisterial and deeply moving work of cultural history and music criticism that will take its place alongside Schorske’s Fin de Siècle Vienna and Steiner’s Language and Silence.

An extraordinary text by Omer Bartov, one of the world’s leading Holocaust historians. cgcinternational.co.in/the-hamas-atta…

A great artist, a great piece.

Meredith Monk, a true visionary and one of my favorite musical artists, asked me to write a catalogue essay for her retrospective at the Haus der Kunst in Munich. The The New York Review of Books online has generously published an adapted version of the piece. nybooks.com/online/2023/11…

I feel like Sun Ship (recorded 1965, released 1971) is the least discussed Coltrane album. It really seems to slip through the cracks, but the music is amazing.

Recent Israeli Polls have shown that Netanyahu’s far-right coalition would lose if elections were held today, but one new finding caught my attention: Most Israelis, 56%, now support changing the racist 2018 nation-state law, compared to only 40% in September. Why, especially in…

Adam Shatz (Adam Shatz) on Meredith Monk’s “clicks, chirps, wails, ululations, growls, drones, and other sounds” go.nybooks.com/3RcfCkQ

Meredith Monk, a true visionary and one of my favorite musical artists, asked me to write a catalogue essay for her retrospective at the Haus der Kunst in Munich. The The New York Review of Books online has generously published an adapted version of the piece. nybooks.com/online/2023/11…

Yair Wallach ICYMI, check out the brilliant Palestinian diplomat Nada Abu Tarbush this week in Geneva. Absolutely worth watching in full & apropos your tweet, she addresses (magnificently) the issue of Palestinian views on Jewish people starting at 9:04 in the video.

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A superb letter on the misuse of Holocaust memory by Israel and its supporters, from Omer Bartov, Jane Caplan, Dirk Moses and other leading scholars of genocide. nybooks.com/online/2023/11…

Edward Said's love of music was NOT 'separate from his writings on literature, culture, politics... and his advocacy of the Palestinian cause'; but, 'all interwoven' Adam Shatz on The Nation podcast bit.ly/3ML91uV

A superb analysis by Rony Brauman of MSF.

Starting in January, I’ll be hosting a new, subscription-only podcast for the @lrb about 20th century thought, “Human Conditions,” in which my three guests — Judith Butler, Pankaj Mishra, Brent Edwards — will each discuss four books of their own choosing. open.spotify.com/episode/7euPyg…

Post-George Floyd, the Times would have hesitated to fire a black reporter for signing a letter. Would Hughes (who writes about celebrities, not the Mideast) have been forced out if she’d signed a pro-Israel letter? To ask the question is to answer it. vanityfair.com/news/2023/11/n…

One of my favorite films, with a stunning performance by a radiant young Abbey Lincoln, then at the height of her powers as a singer/composer, and as an actress.

Would be incredible if hypocrisy weren’t the norm of US policy with respect to the (sic) ‘one democracy in the Middle East’.

Incredible.

I stood in solidarity with Rabbis from across the country and Jewish peace advocates calling for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the violence. Their commitment to recognizing our shared humanity inspires me.

Vivian Silver, the 74-year-old Israeli peace activist thought to be among the hostages, is now confirmed to have been killed in the Oct. 7 attacks.

Here’s what her friend John Lyndon said about her: time.com/6324741/israel…

Donald Trump has unrolled his plan to punish ‘vermin’ (anyone who opposes him) and to expand the anti-immigrant archipelago. As b-boy bouiebaisse underscores, we must take him at his word. Trump 2024 is even worse than Trump 2020. nytimes.com/2023/11/14/opi…