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Bernard Henri Levy

Tea & Bosnia With Lady Thatcher

Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey | Posted 04.17.2013 | World
Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey

Lady Thatcher invited me to her home as the Special Envoy as well as BiH UN Ambassador. The home, conversation, and the tea served was what one would expect: neat, direct, and English.

Bernard-Henri Levy and the West's Intervention in Libya: A Discussion with Experts

Karin Badt | Posted 08.11.2012 | World
Karin Badt

Film critics at Cannes trashed Bernard-Henri Levy's new documentary Oath of Tobruk, about his intervention in Libya last year. I turned to the leading experts on Libya to discuss.

Bernard-Henri Levy Urges Intervention in Syria: His Role in Libya as Example

Karin Badt | Posted 08.08.2012 | World
Karin Badt

Before meeting with philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, famed for the last 30 years as the most flamboyant "public intellectual" of France, I had just seen his new documentary -- about himself, and Libya, and himself -- The Oath of Tobruk.

The Pharmacy of Europe

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 12.06.2011 | World
Bernard-Henri Lévy

That Europe is both the name of what ails us and its remedy, that it is among the origins of the crisis and the means of surmounting it should come as no surprise to those who remember the lessons of our masters.

Civilization in Suite 2806

Nancy Graham Holm | Posted 09.06.2011 | Women
Nancy Graham Holm

Some Frenchmen would like us to think it was not the hotel guest who appeared nude to a housemaid, but members of America's press and judicial system. Mon dieu! What are they talking about?

NATO in Libya: Confused Coalition of the Unwilling and Unable

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 08.23.2011 | World
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

NATO officials claim that as the pressure increases on Muammar Gaddafi, it is just a matter of time before he is either killed or forced to depart Libya. One hopes so, but hope is not a military strategy.

Literary Divas You Can’t Help But Love

flavorwire.com | Posted 08.22.2011 | Books

There are divas and there are their lesser-known male counterparts, divos; the thing that unites them is their willingness to make demands and to do w...

Letter From Paris: The Face of Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Beth Arnold | Posted 07.25.2011 | World
Beth Arnold

When the bomb dropped about the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, all of Paris was abuzz. The dust settled, and the French elite came out swingin...

Nakba Is in the Eyes of the Beholder

David Suissa | Posted 07.18.2011 | World
David Suissa

Perhaps the biggest disaster is the inability of the Arab world to see the Jewish state as anything but a cursed presence. Call me a cynic, but I don't think peace has a chance when Arabs still see the birth of Israel as a Nakba.

Jason Linkins

Penning A Rape Apology: A Guide For Important Men

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.18.2011 | Media

Who would have thought there would ever be an issue in our modern lives that could possibly bring together the abundant talents of Bernard-Henri Levy and Ben Stein?

Why Can Bernard-Henri Levy Excuse Rape And Still Be Taken Seriously?

Asher Smith | Posted 07.17.2011 | Media
Asher Smith

Famed French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy saw the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair as an opportunity to place the blame precisely where he felt it belonged: with the American system of justice, with the global media and with the woman.

PHOTOS: 10 Writers’ Unruly, Manly Manes

flavorwire.com | Posted 07.10.2011 | Books

We were a little bit late in reading Jorian Polis Schutz’s analysis of manly manes in the last issue of Cabinet, titled “Barbers and Barbarians,...

A Reply -- With Regret -- to Claude Lanzmann

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 06.19.2011 | World
Bernard-Henri Lévy

How can a man of his character put on a show of such capriciousness--one day signing a petition calling for France to intervene, and then, just four weeks later, condemning the same intervention and betraying his own signature?

Daphne Guinness: Bernard-Henri Levy 'Is Quite Obviously The Love Of My Life' (PHOTO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Style

Daphne Guinness opened up to Harper's Bazaar about curating an outfit, why she won't borrow clothes and her relationship with French philosopher Berna...

Why Is BDS a Moral Duty Today? A Response to Bernard-Henri Levy

Omar Barghouti | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Omar Barghouti

Mr. Levy attempts to smear the movement by presenting a number of misleading premises and reaching, as a result, unwarranted conclusions. What he obscures are the real objectives of the movement.

Blasphemy Is A Victimless Crime

Landon Ross | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Landon Ross

Justifying silence when those whose rights are being violated happen to be of a different ethnicity and culture is a species of racism, poorly disguised under the mask of "respect."

WATCH: Bernard-Henri Levy With Stephen Colbert

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

"You are something of a rarity in America," Stephen Colbert told his guest on "The Colbert Report" last night Bernard-Henri Levy. "You are a public in...

Is Jean-Luc Godard Antisemitic? Not a Gala Dinner (Third Episode, 1999)

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Bernard-Henri Lévy

The initiative for the "Pas un dîner de gala" (Not a gala dinner) project was Jean-Luc Godard's; as is often the case with him, everything evolved from a commission.

Is Jean-Luc Godard Anti-Semitic?

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Bernard-Henri Lévy

The question of Godard's anti-semitism has come up again, on the occasion of an "Honorary Award," this Saturday, November 13th in Los Angeles, for the entirety of his work.

We Need Discussions, Not Debates

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Danny Groner

What makes Christopher Hitchens such a capable and persuasive debater is a mixture of his ides, arguments, and charm. But it's also the words he chooses and the way he presents them.

Letter to Sakineh

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Bernard-Henri Lévy

A new initiative to try to save Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has just been launched in France. What does it consist of? In substance, it amounts to a daily letter to Sakineh.

Interview: Sakineh's Attorney Speaks From Exile

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Bernard-Henri Lévy

Until a few days ago, Mohamad Mostafaei was Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtian's attorney. In addition to his profession, he was one of the free voices of Iran and one of its consciences.

An Open Letter to Bernard-Henri Levy, on His Defense of Roman Polanski and Pope Benedict XVI

Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Ariel Gonzalez

I've been reading your intemperate, self-righteous posts on the Polanski affair, in which you defend the child rapist against his detractors, among whom I count myself.

Jewish Liberals from all Nations, Unite

Carlo Strenger | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Carlo Strenger

The movement initiated by J Street is now joined by the European JCall which includes leading Jewish intellectuals like Bernard-Henri Levy and Alain Finkielkraut, which has presented its message to the European Parliament this week.

European Jews Sign Petition Critical Of Israel

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

PARIS — More than 3,000 European Jews, including prominent intellectuals, have signed a petition speaking out against Israeli settlement policie...