Tel-Aviv from Jaffa on a day of Sharav

Clint Eastwood, Tough Neighborhoods, and Israel

Posted by Barry Strauss under Blog Books Jews vs. Rome on August 3, 2026

How an American filmmaker's works resonate with Jewish history. My guest blog post for The Volokh Conspiracy.

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