Diane Cole is the author of the memoir “After Great Pain: A New Life Emerges” and writes for The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications.
Diane Cole
By Diane Cole
-
Culture How a Jewish woman from Baltimore found a new religion in Henri Matisse
Growing up in the tightly-knit Jewish community of Baltimore in the 1960s, I took special pride knowing that the dazzling paintings — by such modern masters as Picasso, Cezanne, Monet and especially Matisse — that lined the gallery walls of a special wing in the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) were all there thanks to…
-
News What To Do With the Presence of Evil Among Us?
Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy By Susan Neiman Princeton, 358 pages, $29.95. * * *| As any reader of the Book of Job knows, evil is no stranger to humanity, nor to God. How odd, then, that over the past two centuries so few philosophers have wrestled with the devil’s presence…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News Your complete guide to Trump’s Jewish advisers and pro-Israel cabinet
- 2
Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
- 3
Fast Forward Trump AG nominee Matt Gaetz has left a trail of antisemitic comments
- 4
Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
In Case You Missed It
-
BINTEL BRIEF My classmate won’t shut up about Israel and is spreading antisemitic conspiracies. What do I do?
-
Opinion The International Criminal Court wants to arrest Netanyahu. Its own legitimacy is on the line.
-
Film & TV In a startling new documentary about Netanyahu’s corruption, eerie echoes of Trump
-
Fast Forward ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
