Judith Hannan is a memoirist, essayist, and writing teacher with a focus on narratives of illness, trauma, and hardship.
Judith Hannan
By Judith Hannan
-
Community Family Separation Is Never Humane — Even When Parents Are Inmates
It is a Monday afternoon in early June. Three black vans sit idling in front of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan; sitting inside are mothers waiting to enjoy two hours with their children — making art, singing and playing. For these mothers, this isn’t an experience they can take for granted. They are inmates from…
-
News My Big Fat Irish Bar Mitzvah
I made my first visit to Ireland more than 30 years ago. When I had married John a few months earlier, I had also wed his Celtic heritage, and was no longer a Goldberg, in name at least. My “Jewishness” became something that it was detected by no one but me. We went to a…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Theater Hidden in this picture, the murder of 1.1 million Jews
- 2
News The great tent conspiracy theory: Are ‘outside agitators’ supplying protesters’ tents?
- 3
Opinion Yes, antisemitism is rising. But pro-Palestinian protests aren’t the real threat to our campuses
- 4
Opinion Edward Said tried to erase Jews. So do the pro-Palestinian Columbia protesters citing his legacy
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Two more hostages, including an American Israeli, are seen in video released by Hamas
-
Opinion This Passover, college campuses like mine are caught in a very narrow place
-
News ADL chief backs campus crackdowns. As a student, he stood up for free speech — even by antisemites
-
Opinion I was arrested protesting at Columbia in ’68. Today’s student encampments carry on a proud, brave tradition