Talya Zax
The Bitter Nostalgia Of Italian Jews, Captured By A Modernist Master
Giorgio Bassani’s “Novel of Ferrara” weaponizes the familiar haze of life in its ordinariness.
Inside The Mind Of Arnold Schoenberg, The Genius Who Defined 20th Century Music
“It was a driving force for him to strive for the highest level of accomplishment.”
This Would-Be ‘Fiddler On The Roof’ Sequel Was A Flop. Is It Better In 2019?
“Rags” should work in 2019, when immigrants are once more besieged, successful capitalists are objects of disdain and labor activism is sexy.
Henry Ford Was Anti-Semitic. Bill McGraw Wrote About It — And Got Fired.
“Ford’s salvos,” McGraw wrote, “were likely the most sustained printed attack on Jews the world had ever seen.”
80 Years Ago Today, Hitler Threatened Genocide Of European Jews — Was Anybody Listening?
The New York Times called Hitler’s speech “more moderate in tone than most of his speeches.”
Julia Wolfe’s Triangle Shirtwaist Oratorio Is Jarringly Cynical. That’s A Good Thing.
The story of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire is the story of how failures in humanity can turn perceived promise into cynicism.
Mirjam Pressler Showed The World The Real Anne Frank
Anne Frank’s story could seem straightforward. Mirjam Pressler knew it was anything but.
Mourning Mary Oliver, America’s Spiritual Conscience
Oliver became the voice of something essential and unsung about the country.
Alice Walker Still Doesn’t Get It
My analysis is: yikes.
Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman To Bring ‘Yiddish Policemen’s Union’ To TV
Proving they’re more than just a literary dream couple, Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon are in the thick of a new endeavor: Overseeing a TV show.
