Benjamin Balint: 2 books
Jerusalem
City of the Book
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
A captivating journey through the hidden libraries of Jerusalem, where some of the world’s most enduring ideas were put into words
In this enthralling book, Merav Mack and Benjamin Balint explore Jerusalem’s libraries to tell the story of this city as a place where some of the world’s...
Running Commentary
The Contentious Magazine that Transformed the Jewish Left into the Neoconservative Right
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
In the years of cultural and political ferment following World War II, a new generation of Jewish- American writers and thinkers arose to make an indelible mark on American culture. Commentary was their magazine; the place where they and other politically sympathetic intellectuals-Hannah Arendt, Saul...