Philip Eil
By Philip Eil
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Culture Jonathan Sarna Thinks Trump Can’t Turn Back the Clock
In Philip Eil’s article “6 Jewish Historians Tell Us What To Expect in 2017 and Beyond,” Jonathan Sarna worries about efforts to reverse progress made on liberal causes. Here’s what he had to say: Jonathan Sarna Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University Author of “American Judaism: A History” Part of me worries that…
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Culture Why Jews Can’t Remain Neutral in Trump’s America
In Philip Eil’s article “6 Jewish Historians Tell Us What To Expect in 2017 and Beyond,” he speaks to Professor Riv-Ellen Prell, who says that Jews will not be able to play it safe this time around. Riv-Ellen Prell Professor Emerita of American Studies at the University of Minnesota Author of “Women Remaking American Judaism”…
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Culture 6 Jewish Historians Tell Us What To Expect in 2017 — and Beyond
As a group, historians have not stayed silent during the rise of Donald Trump. In 2016, a group calling itself Historians Against Trump launched a website and released a statement (excerpt: “The lessons of history compel us to speak out against Trump”) that, by early November, had been co-signed by over 950 people. Meanwhile, documentarian…
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49 Reasons Why 2016 Wasn't as Bad as You Think My Distraction Sickness
We’re all addicted. And we’re all in trouble. That’s the blaring siren of a message from Andrew Sullivan’s New York magazine cover story from September, “My Distraction Sickness — and Yours.” The piece tells the personal story of how Sullivan unplugged from his life as a hyper-prolific blogger and spent time recovering at a silent…
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Culture Here’s a Book That’s as Big as New York — And Almost as Jewish
Nonstop Metropolis Edited By Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly Schapiro University of California Press, 232 Pages, $29.95 It’s not often you see a book release like the one that recently took place for “Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas.” The Queens Museum hosted a launch party featuring a mapmaking workshop, a soundtrack of “songs…
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The Schmooze Arrest Warrant Issued for Amy Goodman — Again
In the introduction to Amy Goodman’s recent book, “Democracy Now! Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America,” the journalist and longtime “Democracy Now!” co-host describes her many run-ins with law enforcement. “As reporters we shouldn’t have to get a record for putting things on the record,” she writes. And yet her “rap sheet” includes being…
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The Schmooze 8 Great Lenny Bruce Routines
Lenny Bruce died in August of 1966, but you can still hear his voice online. Here are a few clips that show the range, depth, and volatility of a man Complex magazine calls the most controversial comedian of all time. (Note: some clips contain profanity or other language that may not be appropriate for listening…
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Culture 50 Years After His Death, Lenny Bruce’s Spirit Lives On
How would you explain Lenny Bruce to someone who has never heard of him? You could say he was an American Jewish comedian born Leonard Alfred Schneider in October 1925, in Mineola, New York. Or that he died of a drug overdose 50 years ago, on August 3, 1966. You could say that after leaving…
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