In the artistically poetic world of museums, the Louvre occupies an important place. In one of Shakespeare’s enduring works, Cassius describes Julius Caesar as “stepping over the narrow world like a colossus” and that “we little men walk under his huge legs and look to find ourselves dishonorable graves”. This is precisely the position occupied […]
Their world has changed in subtle but significant ways. Everyone is married. Rock music is less popular culturally than it used to be. Their French contemporaries have moved on: Daft Punk, with whom Brancowitz played in the short-lived band Darlin’, officially disbanded in 2021; Air remains active here and there, but hasn’t released a new […]
It was in 1242. Nicolas Donin, an apostate Jew, put the Talmud on trial. The lawyers were the greatest Jewish luminaries, Rabeinu Yechiel (the son of Rosh), Moïse de Coucy and other Tossafists. Rabeinu Yechiel made the biggest mistake a Jew can make; in an “ecclesial debate”, he won. The King of France, Louis IX, […]
