Q&A
On The Books: 5 Questions For Stephen Shepard, Author Of ‘A Literary Journey To Jewish Identity’
I kept wondering why I cared so much about these writers. Was there such a thing as a “Jewish-American Novel?” What did it mean to be a Jewish writer?
8 Questions For Mitch Albom
15 Years later the Detroit-based author has returned to the story of Eddie the theme park maintenance man and the little girl, Annie, he died saving.
Salman Rushdie Talks Philip Roth, Mel Brooks And Bagels
“Philip died with his reputation at a kind of pinnacle, and was widely accepted as being one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.”
Liana Finck On Peter Pan, Nabokov And The Rats Of Self-Doubt
I relate so much to Wendy in “Peter Pan,” because she has to grow up. She can’t be a kid forever.
Eat, Drink + Think
The Secrets of Reserve Cut’s Albert Allaham
Reserve Curt’s legendary “table 97” will cost you $395 a head.
Barbara Cassin: What Hannah Arendt Could Teach Israel
“We all knew Heidegger had a Nazi past, but thought it was not more than others. His “Black Notebooks” were a shock.
Gary Shteyngart On Asthmatic Readers, Greyhound Rides And The Scariest Jews He’s Ever Met
“This is where being a Soviet Ashkenazi person helps. You have a sixth sense of when things are going to get really bad.”
7 Questions For Yuval Noah Harari
Yuval Noah Harari’s “21 Lessons for the 21st Century” hit stores September 4.
Q & A: Norm Eisen Is Leading The Legal Charge Against Trump —And Bringing Prague’s 20th-Century To Life
“You had this flourishing of democracy [in] 1918, 1945 and 1989, three great births of democracy and three powerful illiberal counterattacks.”
Ben & Jerry’s is Releasing Cookie Dough Chunks
We dough not know how to handle this news.
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.
