Mysterious eBay Address Book Unlocks Secrets of Picasso's anti-Semitic Muse and Lover
French journalist Brigitte Benkemoun knew she struck gold when a search for a Hermès datebook led her to new discoveries about 'Weeping Woman' Dora Maar
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'Woman Is the Jew of the World'
Delphine Horvilleur sought the ‘right’ Judaism for her in Israel, found it in New York and became one of France’s few female rabbis. She now published a new book about anti-Semitism
Unanswered Questions and 17 Plastic Surgeries: Why the Journalist Who Survived Charlie Hebdo Attack Turned Off the News
Almost four years after the deadly attack on the offices of the satirical French weekly in Paris, a journalist who was critically wounded in the incident says he understands the terrorists
The Demise of Venice as a Cautionary Tale for Modern Day Europe
Italian art historian Salvatore Settis sees the decline of Venice as a metaphor for Europe’s classical values
Enlightened Islam Exists, and Bernard-Henri Lévy Claims to Have Found It
The Kurds are a developed version of Islam that can become the second democracy in the region, says the philosopher in a new book. In an interview to Haaretz, Lévy explains why he believes in the moderate imams in his country and castigates the reporter for doubting Israeli democracy
The Holocaust Is Still Relevant to French Literature: An Interview With Eric Vuillard
Vuillard's ninth book, winner of the Prix Goncourt, is a powerful story connected to the rise of Nazism in Germany and Europe's blind advance toward the abyss in the years preceding the war
Fighting ISIS and Assad in a Secret Library Amid the Rubble
French journalist Delphine Minoui tells Haaretz how a group of young Syrians managed to put together a secret library with 15,000 books in battered and starving Daraya
Julia Kristeva: Humanities Can Help Thwart the Destructive Depression That Feeds Fanaticism
The Bulgarian-French philosopher talks to Haaretz about Europe’s existential crisis in which economics has supplanted the humanities
'Being a French Laborer Was Worse Than Iraqi Captivity'
Journalist Florence Aubenas was the world's most famous hostage for several months in 2005. Upon her return, she investigated the lives of France's most vulnerable workers. What she discovered was a world without hope.
Leila Slimani's Story Begins With Two Murdered Kids and Ends With the Prestigious Goncourt
In her Prix Goncourt-winning 'true crime' novel, French-Moroccan author Leila Slimani takes on the fraught ties between nannies and employers
The German Choreographer Who Danced Too Close to the Nazis
Mary Wigman was one of the biggest influences on modern dance, but fell into disrepute after being accused of collaborating with the Nazi Party. A new biography seeks to redress the balance.
'Arab World Is Dead, Iran Will Lead Islam'
Algerian author Boualem Sansal talks to Haaretz about his new dystopian novel, ISIS, and death threats.
Empty Mosques and Dance Clubs: The Iran You Never Knew Existed
French-Iranian journalist Delphine Minoui offers insights into the country's political, religious and social culture.
Settling the Score Between Camus and Sartre
In Israel this week, controversial Frenchman Michel Onfray makes philosophy into a way of life.