Books
Ottessa Moshfegh Fangirled Out At Whoopi Goldberg’s House
Author Ottessa Moshfegh has defied the old adage, “never meet your heroes.”
In Defense Of Education, Against Hucksters And Sorcery
American culture lies to us about teachers. Educator Ilana Blumberg tries to give us some truth.
The Bitter Nostalgia Of Italian Jews, Captured By A Modernist Master
Giorgio Bassani’s “Novel of Ferrara” weaponizes the familiar haze of life in its ordinariness.
America’s Jewish Women — From RG (Rebecca Gratz) To RBG
Whatever their religious inclinations or politics, American Jewish women wrestled with their dual status as Jews and women.
A Historian’s Cafe In Montreal’s Jewish Museum Re-Defines What Jewish Food Means
Gefilte fish tacos, anyone?
30 Years Ago, A Fatwa Against Salman Rushdie Shook The World — And Inspired Larry David
David, like Rushdie, is a satirist. They find common cause in turning a story of exile and danger into a social situation good for a few solid gags.
Inside The Mind Of Arnold Schoenberg, The Genius Who Defined 20th Century Music
“It was a driving force for him to strive for the highest level of accomplishment.”
Jill Abramson Takes On ‘The Powers That Be’
“I made errors in the way I credited sources,” Abramson told CNN, but said she’d “never purposely take credit for the work of another journalist.”
Want To Learn Arabic? Start With ‘The Little Prince’
A new translation of “The Little Prince,” published in Arabic and translated into Hebrew is now available for 88 shekels.
Historian Simon Schama Is Now A Knight
On February 5 Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, knighted Simon Schama, the 73-year-old historian and Columbia University professor.
Karl Marx’s London Tomb Damaged In A Suspected Hammer Attack
Even in death Karl Marx can’t rest easy.
