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The Dreams of Sholem Asch

David Randall

Who has heard of Yiddish writer Sholem Asch (1880–1957) or his masterpiece The Nazarene, published in 1939 at the outbreak of the Second World War? The novel’s vision of...

Learning How to Die

David Randall

How should colleges educate students? We have wandered a long way from what Michel de Montaigne thought should be the first principles of education. For it seems to me...