The Halle Attack and the Rising Threat of Anti-Semitic Terror

Plus: Nancy Pelosi responds to Trump at The New Yorker Festival, and a documentary on the tragic figure of Diego Maradona. View in browser | Update your preferences Letter from Europe A Terrorist Attack on Yom Kippur in Halle, Germany How the rising threat of anti-Semitic terrorism struck a small synagogue in the former East German state of Saxony. By Elisabeth Zerofsky Comment Will Republicans Challenge Trump on Impeachment? A crucial question in the mounting drama is how Republicans in the House and the Senate will shape the process. By Amy Davidson Sorkin The Current Nancy Pelosi Responds to Trump at The New Yorker Festival “He’s almost trying to make lawlessness a virtue,” the Democratic House leader said of the President, in a conversation with Jane Mayer. By The New Yorker The New Yorker Radio Hour Will Hong Kong Bring China to the Breaking Point? Two writers analyze the precarious situation in Hong Kong and, from the archive, a report about Richard Nixon’s deliberations after Tiananmen Square. PAID POST A complicated mother-daughter bond and the consequences of complicity Wild Game, the brilliant new memoir by Adrienne Brodeur, explores the effects of family secrets and how one woman found the strength to live life on her own terms. It’s a story of resilience that People calls “shocking, poignant, unputdownable.” Culture and More Fiction “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” “Is it the earth, the water, the air? Contaminates? Something is poisoning them.” By Joyce Carol Oates Culture Desk The Tragedy of Diego Maradona Asif Kapadia’s remarkable documentary about the Argentine soccer phenom offers a revealing look at the emotional cost of fame. By Daniel Alarcón Q. & A. The True and False Virtues of the Left The professor Robert Boyers believes that virtue signalling and an obsessive focus on privilege are posing a danger to the ideals of the academy. By Isaac Chotiner Photo Booth Horacio Salinas’s Charming Carnival of Creatures The collages in “Horacio Salinas: Photography 19 x 15” convey a message of joyful whimsy. By Elisabeth Biondi Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Why You Should Never Buy a Boat You’d think that the only sartorial requirements would be a captain’s hat and maybe a dignified blazer-ascot combo, but you also have to buy life jackets. By Alex Watt Cartoons From The Issue Cartoons from the Issue Drawings and drollery from this week’s magazine. Sign up for more newsletters from The New Yorker. Visit The New Yorker shop. Question about your subscription? Contact Customer Care. New Yorker digital subscribers get unlimited access to everything on newyorker.com. Log in to your account here. We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to TNYinbox@newyorker.com. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, NewYorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.