Leonard Bernstein was a big deal. Why does ‘Maestro’ make him so small?
Four critics discuss what Bradley Cooper’s biopic leaves out
Four critics discuss what Bradley Cooper’s biopic leaves out
A new biopic of Israel's fourth prime minister is too busy for its own good
Deborah Lipstadt’s new biography aims for a fuller portrait of the prime minister
Concisely chronicling the life and legacy of the Nobel laureate, Joseph Berger's new biography is an indispensable touchstone
Alberto Manguel’s Jewish Lives book on Rambam reveals a thinker guided by reason
In speaking out against Nazism and nuclear war, Norman Cousins was both humanitarian and prophet
While never a believer in Judaism, and at times vicious about the faith, the revolutionary philosopher Karl Marx came from an indisputably Jewish background: Both of his parents’ fathers were rabbis. The fact that he was not, himself, Jewish is the result of a curious historical circumstance. Marx’s father, Heinrich, born Herschel Levi, earned his…
Editor’s note: Two weeks after this interview with Blake Bailey was published, multiple women came forward to accuse him of sexual assault and other sexual misconduct. Details of the allegations may be found here. A masterful writer obsessively preoccupied with whether and how he’d be valued by history; a deeply sensitive charmer with a real…
שמעון נויבערג דערקלערט דעם חילוק צווישן אַלט־ייִדיש און מיטל־ייִדיש און די ביכער, שרײַבערס, לייענערס און דרוקערײַען פֿון יענער תּקופֿה