My Father’s Day Regrets
When my father was alive, I never gave him the love and respect he was due.
Is The NFL’S Anti-Semitism Hurting Josh Rosen’s Draft Stock?
Josh Rosen is being called too smart and too literate for the NFL. But we know what that really means.
Is Liberal Jewish Sanctimony Ruining The Oscars?
The larger point is that the best picture winners are no longer those that challenge us, but the ones that reinforce our inclinations.
Why We Must Beware Trump’s Willing Executioners
Donald Trump may not be analogous to Hitler, but Jews know all too well what we need to fear from the current administration.
Why Jews Must Never Let Go of Their Liberalism
Might Jews be finally becoming more conservative? It hasn’t happened yet, says Neal Gabler, and he hopes it never will.
How We Should Remember Kirk Douglas on His 100th Birthday
Kirk Douglas turns 100 on December 9. Neal Gabler tells of the Jewish history and explosive rage of the Jewish actor who was born Issur Danielovich.
My Life Among The Trolls
Neal Gabler thinks we live in a pretty vicious country these days, and there’s a clear group to blame: the trolls. He describes his time among them.
What We Write About When We Write About Barbra Streisand
Has there ever been a Jewier Jew than Barbra Streisand in American pop culture? To Neal Gabler, who has written a new biography of Babs, Streisand’s greatest accomplishment was transforming her Jewishness into a metaphor.
The Secret Identity in My Spam Folder
We all have a secret self, one we live out in private. For Neal Gabler, that self — which awaits dream jobs and Powerball winnings‚ lives in his spam folder.
Are All Men Still Jews?
“All men are Jews except they don’t know it,” Bernard Malamud once said. As he looks back on American culture and politics in 2015, Neal Gabler wonders if that statement still holds true.
