Son of Wine
Thereupon R. Joshua, son of Karhah, sent word to him, “Vinegar, son of wine!* How long will you deliver up the people of our God for slaughter!” Back came the reply: “I weed out thorns from the vineyard.” … Continued
Author Archives: Daniel Elkind
Bored Without Brodsky: An Open Letter to the Russian Diaspora
To the Editors of the Novoe Russkoe Slovo: The biographies tell us he had many friends and social obligations. The biographers, his friends, tell us his other friends—also biographers and rememberists—were not as close to him as they’ve claimed, in … Continued