In Skokie, Memories Of Genocide Retold In Stories Of Everyday Objects
These artifacts serve as reminders of the impediments of bureaucracy, as well as the thin line between life and death.
The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg — Strictly Scrutinized
This RBG biography was fifteen years in the making.
Has Haruki Murakami Written His First Jewish Novel? Kind Of.
Murakami’s concerns encompass the boundaries between dream and reality, the power of art, and the persistent traumas of 20th-century history.
From Phyllis Chesler, A Politically Incorrect Memoir Laden With Gossip And TMI
Chesler may be an unreliable narrator, but for those of us who’ve lived through the era, her gossipy tales have an undeniable appeal.
After the Nazis invaded, in May 1940, and government restrictions on Jews tightened, her parents relinquished her care to a non-Jewish family.
In Vichy France, The Nazi Era Viewed Up Close
“Fear has been resolved. Into acceptance, even attraction. The German has become a magician, who possesses the secret of order.”
For These Doomed Passengers, There Was No Refuge in Cuba
Passengers on board the St. Louis fleeing Nazi Germany discover both cultural displacement and loss in Armando Correa’s “The German Girl.”
Why Hollywood Used To Be Better For Women
In the 1950s, the culture — in Hollywood and elsewhere — turned increasingly hostile toward women.
Before Sondheim And Miranda, There Was Rodgers And Hammerstein
Both Rodgers and Hammerstein had wives named Dorothy, and both women were interior decorators.
Paul Goldberg’s Dizzying Plunge Into The Kingdom Of Uselessness
“If you read Trump with an open mind, he is like Albert Camus.”
