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The Man Who Lives Forever
It is a strange idea for a man who was born long after he died to write a tribute to him.
Aug 25 • Yonatan Daon-Stern
The Tragic Case of Vivian Silver
And how to make sense of it
Aug 18 • Yonatan Daon-Stern
Heathrow
A Travel Vignette
Aug 7 • Yonatan Daon-Stern

July 2026

Four Hours Before My Flight
The Tale of a Seersucker Suit
Jul 30 • Yonatan Daon-Stern
Two Unknown Symphonies That Blew Me Away
At the height of World War II, these two symphonies answered destruction with defiance
Jul 26 • Yonatan Daon-Stern
Goldfinger and the Lost World of James Bond
I once drove up the Furka Pass in Switzerland because of a movie.
Jul 17 • Yonatan Daon-Stern
The Last Song Before Eternity
What Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde knows about death, creation, and what remains
Jul 7 • Yonatan Daon-Stern
Of Writing
Four Pieces for Unsung Voice
Jul 4 • Yonatan Daon-Stern

June 2026

On Forming a Person
Thomas Mann, Bildung, and the Education We Lost
Jun 8 • Yonatan Daon-Stern

May 2026

Israel’s Flotilla
How Israel Taught the World to Sail Against It
May 21 • Yonatan Daon-Stern
Eurovision and the Death of the Artist
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May 14 • Yonatan Daon-Stern
The Ghetto with an Atom Bomb
On Orbán, the Israeli Right, and the Failure of Zionism
May 2 • Yonatan Daon-Stern
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