Welcome to the literary intifada [View all]

"Literary intifada? Isn’t that a little strong?”

Perhaps. But, pay attention to what is going on in the literary world.

Recently, an employee at an independent bookstore in Brooklyn cancelled a book event with Joshua Leifer and Rabbi Andy Bachman, because “we don’t want a Zionist onstage.” The bookstore apologized for its employee’s unauthorized action and rescheduled the event.

And now, it’s about the French intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy, one of the preeminent thinkers of our time — affectionately known by his initials, BHL.

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