‘Neither perverted nor sadistic’, but ‘terrifyingly normal’ is how historian and philosopher Hannah Arendt had described Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer in charge of the mass deportation ...

To mark the publication's centenary milestone, four commemorative issues are being released, while its namesake city will ...

When will the Zionists face a Nuremberg?

Joe Rigney’s new book, “The Sin of Empathy,” released late last month, tells us that empathy “often leads to cowardice” and ...

Hannah Arendt’s coverage of the Eichmann trial for The New Yorker spawned her famous quote about the banality of evil. Canadian poet/ singer/ songwriter Leonard Cohen’s response is less well ...

In 1961 Hannah Arendt covered the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in the reporting of which she coined the phrase "the banality of evil." In recent years the magazine won a Pulitzer ...

In 1961 Hannah Arendt covered the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in the reporting of which she coined the phrase “the banality of evil”. In recent years, the magazine won a Pulitzer ...