Books
How America’s first Jew gave the turkey its name
“Luis de Torres was a refugee of faith, and for that reason, we may consider him the first of the pilgrims.”
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Remembering Sean Connery with the secret Jewish history of James Bond
In honor of Sean Connery’s 90th birthday, we present the Jewish history of the character he immortalized.
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Joe Klein has harsh words for Miles Taylor, a very different ‘Anonymous’
“It’s apples and freight trains,” said Klein, who didn’t quite have words of support for his fellow Anonymous.
The true grit of the Jews who fought by John Brown’s side
August Bondi, Jacob Benjamin and Theodore Wiener were early Jewish associates in Brown’s first struggles in Kansas.
How to make Southern buttermilk biscuits
How to make Southern buttermilk biscuits
In praise of the yeshiva — and yet something crucial is missing
Yeshiva TK
Late in my year at yeshiva, I was proud of my spoken Hebrew until I realized I hadn’t learned the 2nd-person singular feminine; it hadn’t come up.
Could Trump become the first president to flee America since Lindbergh?
In Philip Roth’s “The Plot Against America,” a conspiracy theory holds that Lindbergh was recalled to Germany during his first term in office.
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Is Philip Roth the male Joan Didion? Asking for TikTok
Roth and Didion would appear to have very little in common — except perhaps as intellectual status symbols.
From humorist to hubris — the rise and fall of Jerry Seinfeld
Young Seinfeld is a first-class noticer. Old Seinfeld? Not so much.
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Would Tevye vote for Trump or Biden? 25 fictional Jews weigh in.
From Alexander Portnoy to Midge and Joel Maisel, here’s how our favorite fictional Jews are voting in the November election.
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Is suburbia the American dream — or its worst nightmare?
In “The Sprawl,” author Jason Diamond comes to praise the suburbs not to bury them.
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