Yael Friedman
By Yael Friedman
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Culture How New York’s male Jewish intellectuals are still shaping our politics and culture (for better and worse)
Two new books and a documentary about Norman Mailer argue the continuing relevance of Jewish men who tried to secure their place in postwar America
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Culture For the grandfather of micro-drawing, it’s truly a small world after all
The pandemic seems to have changed the world so that it now looks a lot more like the one artist Jacob El Hanani has always lived in. The 74-year-old Moroccan-born, Israeli-raised, New York-steeped “grandfather of micro-drawing,” has been tending to his intricate and painstakingly drawn canvases for over 45 years, in the same Soho loft…
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Culture Why ‘Weiner!’ Documentary Brings Back Memories of Ed Koch
Populism comes in many shades. A global current of simmering anger and resentment, manifested most alarmingly on Friday in the UK, continues to buoy race-baiting demagogues. “Weiner,” the new Anthony Weiner documentary, while stunning in its sensational front-row view of the former congressman and mayoral candidate’s implosion, provides a portrait of another brand of the…
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