Adam Rovner
A Carnival Ride Reimagining Of The Book Of Jeremiah
In “Much,” Dror Burstein’s fictional Jerusalem is mired in filth, corruption and crises of muddy intractability.
In A Predominantly Christian Country, Why Is Jewish Humor So Popular?
What is it about Jewish humor — however broadly we define it — that has made it so popular in the overwhelmingly Christian United States?
Shipbreaking
In ‘Shipbreaking,’ poet Robin Beth Schaer drew inspiration from Talmud to write of the horrors and wonders of the natural world.
Why Jewish Responses to Trump Make My Job as a Professor So Much Harder
I know your children, and I wonder if they’ll forgive so many in the Jewish establishment for their cowardice.
When Jewish Colonists Prospected for Utopia in Colorado
Cotopaxi, Colorado, was once a windswept mountain colony dotted with tar paper shacks. This is what happened to it and its Russian Jewish pioneers.
My Brush With Herzl's Beard
Just think of Theodor Herzl and what do you see? A long, lush, black beard, fit for a modern day Moses. And here’s the thing: I touched it.
When Christians Fight Over Israel
What do Presbyterians believe about Jews and Israel? The church’s divestment vote pushed Adam Rovner to investigate using Christian theology, Facebook and everything in between.
How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Vladimir Jabotinsky
Jabotinsky was a complex figure — brilliant and a promulgator of doomsday scenarios. A new biography may help some readers feel a little less scared of him.
What Makes a Jewish Joke Jewish?
Ruth Wisse offers a cogent analysis of Jewish humor in her new book. Why does she overlook several decades of scholarship on ethnic jokes?
News of the Carrot, Not Pain of the Stick
Jews didn’t flee Europe because of pogroms. They moved to all corners of the world to find economic opportunity, writes Gur Alroey in a new book.