America’s Jewish Women — From RG (Rebecca Gratz) To RBG
Whatever their religious inclinations or politics, American Jewish women wrestled with their dual status as Jews and women.
Jill Abramson Takes On ‘The Powers That Be’
“I made errors in the way I credited sources,” Abramson told CNN, but said she’d “never purposely take credit for the work of another journalist.”
The Future Of Judaism Will Need A Big Tent
A lack of persecution, according to Robert Mnookin, elides a sense of shared community, besides fostering intermarriage and its attendant challenges.
In ‘On The Basis Of Sex,’ A Reverential Portrait Of RBG
Though lacking in subtlety, “On the Basis of Sex” is often stirring as it provides a necessary history lesson.
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.”
