Books
How Jewish Rights Became Human Rights
The 1960s witnessed the beginning of the end of the grand romance between Jews and human rights.
Alissa Quart On Crusading Jewishly For Social Justice
The Jewish immigrant story of rising mobility is much harder to pull off. In that way, the story of the middle class is also a Jewish story.
After the Nazis invaded, in May 1940, and government restrictions on Jews tightened, her parents relinquished her care to a non-Jewish family.
Bookseller And Library Archivist Charged With Stealing $8 Million Worth Of Books
Will they throw the book at him?
Meet The Woman Turning Bagels Into A Gourmet Food
The bagel is reborn above 14th Street.
The Bizarre Saga Of The Man Who Saved 7,000 Babies
Martin Coyney might not have been a real doctor, but he had a “tremendous legacy.”
Rachel Kushner, Michael Ondaatje Longlisted For Man Booker Prize
This year’s longlist includes only two entries from the United States, as opposed to four in 2017.
Behold The Jewish Treasures Of The Library Of Congress
The Hebraic section has long been recognized as one of the world’s foremost centers for the study of Hebrew and Yiddish materials.
How Jimmy Carter Lost The Vote Of New York’s Jews
How did Carter lose the 1980 Democratic Primary in New York — to a senator from Massachusetts, of all places?
All-Yiddish ‘Fiddler’ Captures How Jews Really Spoke To Each Other
This was not just a play where the characters spoke Yiddish to each other; it was steeped in Yiddishkeit, the traditional Jewish way of life.
A Transgressive, Brilliant Leftist Satirist’s Work Finds New Life In English
“Messiah in America”, now available in English, skewers capitalism, discrimination and an unfair immigration policy.
