Zachary Goelman
By Zachary Goelman
-
Culture Gaucher Disease Patients Get New Hope From Drugs
Cynthia Frank was a child when doctors diagnosed her with leukemia. Several blood tests later, they changed their prognosis: She had Gaucher disease, not cancer. That meant she had a longer lifespan, but her quality of life had likely peaked. It was the mid-1970s, and, with no remedy for the rare, inherited metabolic disorder, Frank…
-
Israel News Hitchens and Boteach’s Great Debate
Acclaimed polemicist and atheist Christopher Hitchens traded wit on science and scripture last week at a debate titled “Does God Exist?” with his opponent, Orthodox rabbi and television host Shmuley Boteach. Ticket holders filled the auditorium at Manhattan’s 92nd Street Y to capacity; many hoped that Hitchens would demonstrate his irreverent, razor-edged reasoning. The fans…
-
Culture MC Citizen: Israeli Rapper Subliminal Tours Stateside
Imagine a rap mogul — Eminem, say, or Jay-Z — playing the role of cultural ambassador: praising the work of police officers, telling the youth of the country to be patriotic citizens, smiling at fans from the steps of the White House. Such is the case with Ya’akov Shimoni, aka Subliminal, the Israeli rap sensation…
Most Popular
- 1
Opinion I’m a UCLA professor. Why didn’t the administration stop last night’s egregious violence?
- 2
Fast Forward Marjorie Taylor Greene says she opposed antisemitism bill because it rejects ‘Gospel’ that ‘the Jews’ handed Jesus to executioners
- 3
Opinion I teach Israel studies at NYU. We are importing the worst of Israel and Palestine to our campuses
- 4
Fast Forward Why top Democrats oppose bipartisan bill targeting antisemitism in universities
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Columbia cancels main graduation after weeks of campus tumult
-
Yiddish אַ ליד וועגן אַ מיידעלעס אָפּרוף אויף פֿאָטאָגראַפֿיעס פֿון קאַצעטןPoem about a little girl’s response to photos of concentration camp victims
דער מחבר האָט איבערגעזעצט דאָס ליד לזכּרון דעם דיכטער מאיר װיזלטיר צו זײַן ערשטן יאָרצײַט
-
Fast Forward In Michigan, Boston and elsewhere, pro-Palestinian protesters assert themselves at college graduations
-
Fast Forward With talks at an impasse, Hamas and Israel trade deadly fire as Israel signals it’s ready to invade Rafah