Douglas Century is the author of Street Kingdom: Five Years Inside the Franklin Avenue Posse and co-author of the New York Times best-seller Takedown: The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire. He also wrote Barney Ross: The Life of Jewish Fighter, a biography in the Nextbook Press Jewish Encounters book series.
Holy Land Gangland
Our five-part investigative series into the world of the Israeli mafia
Holy Land Gangland, Part V
The conclusion of our weeklong series on the world of the Israeli mafia
Holy Land Gangland, Part IV
A Tablet investigative series looks inside the world of the Israeli mafia
Holy Land Gangland, Part III
A Tablet investigative series looks inside the world of the Israeli mafia
Israeli Crime Brothers Face U.S. Charges
Court approves extradition over Ecstasy ring
Holy Land Gangland, Part II
A Tablet investigative series looks inside the world of the Israeli mafia
Holy Land Gangland
A Tablet investigative series looks inside the world of the Israeli mafia
So Long Nasty
The Beastie Boys grew up, and so did I
Ben-Gurion
The Eichmann Trial
Sacred Trash
A Bronx Tale
After the congregants of an Orthodox synagogue could no longer afford their rent, they found help in the local mosque.
The Tenth Man
The key to Christopher Hitchens wasn’t his iconoclasm; it was his desire for belonging—and the proof can be found in an unexpected place
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Cheap Eats
An entrepreneur opened a Jewish-themed restaurant in Lviv, Ukraine. Chopped liver is on the menu, but not its price—diners get to haggle over it.
Grace Notes
Orthodox klezmer and bluegrass virtuoso Andy Statman and evangelical country star Ricky Skaggs cross genres and faiths to form a mighty duo
Goodbye to All That
For generations, the Jews of Caracas had idyllic weather, prosperity, and vibrant communal organizations. Things have changed under Hugo Chávez.
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Heroine Stupor
Wanted Women, a new joint biography of two Muslim women, refuses to distinguish between an al-Qaida terrorist and a feminist intellectualby Andrew RobertsSt. Leonard’s Passion
Leonard Cohen releases his 12th album, Old Ideas. The troubadour and poet hasn’t always been popular, but he is always profound.by Liel LeibovitzTimeless
Judaism rejects the notions of beauty that underscore Christian classical music, from Bach to Mozart—but the music still speaks to usby David P. GoldmanSchool Ties
Ivy League style, the quintessentially WASPy American look defined by Jewish designers a century ago, returns to the runways for Fashion Weekby Jason DiamondCheap Eats
An entrepreneur opened a Jewish-themed restaurant in Lviv, Ukraine. Chopped liver is on the menu, but not its price—diners get to haggle over it.by Vox Tablet




