Talya Zax
Eating Cake With Maira Kalman
“Cake is very connected to very special moments in life.”
Here’s What The Forward’s Editors Are Reading This Summer — And What You Should Be
Recommendations from the Forward’s staff to guide you through the season, on rainy days and sunny alike.
A White Supremacist Murderer Devastated Chicago 20 Years Ago. Why Didn’t Anything Change?
“He shot me because I was Jewish.”
Q & A: Stephanie Burt On Whether Poetry Matters
“Sometimes a poem will require you to make room for people who aren’t like you.”
Like Philip Roth, But Feminist: Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Debut Novel
“Fleishman Is in Trouble” is an examination of power and gender that, because it is easy to read, somewhat masks its own intricacy.
Anne Frank Would Have Turned 90 Today. We’re Still Telling Her Story.
90 years ago today, Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt, Germany.
Varian Fry Saved Europe’s Artists From The Nazis. His Story Is Stranger Than Fiction.
Julie Orringer’s “The Flight Portfolio” is about Varian Fry’s attempt to rescue Europe’s artists and thinkers during the Nazi occupation of France.
Netflix ‘Roasted’ Anne Frank. They Could Have Left Hitler’s Genitals Out Of It.
It’s actually funny to watch a bunch of 21st-century comedians treat a genocidal dictator as less scary than a teenage girl with a pen.
For Adrienne Rich, On Her 90th Birthday
At some point in your life, you will likely hear the maxim that the personal is political.
A Harvard Magazine Made A Sex Joke About Anne Frank. It Wasn’t Just Offensive — It Was Boring.
What if, after all that hubbub about prodigy and genius, Frank grew up to be — in the most stereotypical way possible — just, like, really hot?
