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Philip Roth Dies, And Part Of Our America Dies With Him
Roth’s death is the end of many things: Of towering white male novelists. Of America as my Jewish grandparents knew it.
Richard Goodwin, Speechwriter For LBJ, JFK and RFK, Dies At 86
“U.S. Immigration officials had changed the family name to Ginsberg, which it remained until Goodwin was a senior in high school.”
Why Hollywood Used To Be Better For Women
In the 1950s, the culture — in Hollywood and elsewhere — turned increasingly hostile toward women.
When Blacks and Jews Joined Forces To Defeat The KKK
Although the events depicted in “BlacKkKlansman” took place four decades ago, Spike Lee’s finger is unerringly on the pulse of Donald Trump’s America
Why Kurt Waldheim’s Election Still Matters
“When Germans see the film, they immediately start talking about Trump. They see Waldheim as an earlier master of ‘alternative facts’.”
Intersectionality Has Abandoned Jews. Should We Abandon Intersectionality?
If I am under threat for being a Jew, so is every American. But most importantly, if my Black sister is not free, neither am I.
Is Michael Chabon’s New Book Really A Book?
What’s missing is any sense of family dynamic. Where is the poop? Where is the barf and the blood?
The Secret Jewish History Of Sports Gambling
Arnold “The Brain” Rothstein was probably the most notorious, but he was only one in a long line of Jewish sports gamblers dating back to 1855.
Ruchie Freier: Hasidic Judge, American Trailblazer
“When a man extends his hand to me, I’ll say: ‘I’m Hasidic, and men and women don’t shake hands.’”
In 1930s German And Austrian Art, Portents Of A Dark Future
It’s a haunting exhibit, suffused with anxiety and denial.
