Books
The Secret Jewish History Of Stephen King
King was raised Methodist and still identifies as such. Yet Jewish themes and characters pop up throughout his life and work.
How I Emerged From The Shadow Of I.L. Peretz
50 years after declaring that he wanted to follow in I.L. Peretz’s footsteps, Seth Rogovoy is helping to bring one of his works to life at Yidstock.
How Jews Invented The American Dream
Within a generation, Jewish-Americans had populated the top tiers of business, law, education, journalism, and the arts
5 Quintessentially Jewish Concepts in the Harry Potter Saga
You can learn a lot about life from the magical world of Hogwarts — and a lot about Judaism too.
This Childishly Idiotic Fake Cover Isn’t Donald Trump’s First ‘Time’ Embarrassment
The whole thing is absolutely humiliating – both for Trump and for us – because of the quality of the fake and its mere existence.
How Isaac Babel Became The Bard Of Jewish Loss And Fate
‘Gedali’ is a perfect Zionist proclamation: “Jews, it is over here in Europe; flee while you can.”
A Tolkien Takes On The Holocaust
“Within my family, the sense was that if your great-grandfather is JRR Tolkien, you had to go into the arts.”
Amid New York’s Abundance, Embracing A Life Of Diminished Expectations
Carol Bergman thought she’d never come home to New York. But illness and the recession made it a necessity.
Musical Sparks Fresh Tensions With Blacks Over Infamous Leo Frank Case
The Leo Frank case, a century old now, seems like an unlikely subject for a musical
Revisiting Tony Kushner’s ‘Angels In America’ In The Trump Era
‘Angels in America” is a play of its time and for ours, too. Tony Kushner’s magnum opus — currently in revival at London’s National Theater, and due in movie theaters here this July — is appropriately apocalyptic, informed by an impression of impending catastrophe. “History is about to crack wide open,” Ethel Rosenberg warns Roy Cohn as he makes the case for his own immortality. “Millennium approaches.” When the angel draws near toward the end of part one, an apparition sighs: “The 20th century. Oh, dear, the world has gotten so terribly, terribly old.”
