Books
I Was Hesitant To Write About The Holocaust — Until Toni Morrison Lit The Path
“Who,” Toni Morrison asked me, “gives out the right to tell a story?”
On Writing An Opera With Toni Morrison: ‘She Was The Voice Of The Nation’s Conscience’
“She was very compassionate, very thoughtful. She was very, very strong.”
How a Holocaust survivor’s daughter found a passion for horses
Horses have been an odd, lifelong obsession for a Manhattanite daughter of a Holocaust survivor.
As Frog and Toad turn 50, a look at their most mortifying story
I recall with distinct mortification Toad’s striped, singlet bathing suit.
What’s the best New York Jewish book of all time?
Literary cities are many, but there’s only one New York.
Why Dorothy Parker’s ashes were interred at the NAACP headquarters
Parker left her estate to Martin Luther King, Jr. and, in the event of his death, the N.A.A.C.P.
Why the Ayn Rand Institute getting a federal handout is the Rand-iest thing ever
What does Ayn Rand do when a global pandemic strikes?
NBC’s Jacob Soboroff on the ongoing crisis of family separation
“There were multiple inflection points where this could have been stopped. What you ended up with was 5,000 kids that are gonna have lifelong trauma.”
What John Bolton’s tell-all tells us
From Netanyahu to Kushner, here’s what Bolton thought of his time in Trump’s White House.
The Secret Jewish History Of Teddy Roosevelt
Roosevelt even kept two Jewish menorahs on display at his 95-acre estate on the North Shore of Long Island, Sagamore Hill