David Rakoff is an essayist, a contributor to public radio's This American Life, and the author Fraud, Don’t Get Too Comfortable, and Half Empty.
Allentown
A 2006 Woody Allen film festival in Manhattan screened more than 30 of the New York master’s movies. One writer tried to go to every one of them.
Pardon Me
My childhood bullying, and an attempt to atone for it
Deconstructing Harry and Crimes And Misdemeanors…That’s All, Folks!
Adventures at a Woody Allen film festival
Zelig and The Front
Adventures at a Woody Allen film festival
Interiors and Stardust Memories
Adventures at a Woody Allen film festival
Take The Money And Run and What’s Up, Tiger Lily?
Adventures at a Woody Allen film festival
Manhattan
Adventures at a Woody Allen film festival
A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy and Another Woman
Adventures at a Woody Allen film festival
Husbands And Wives and Hannah And Her Sisters
Adventures at a Woody Allen film festival
Wild Man Blues and (not) Sweet And Lowdown
Adventures at a Woody Allen film festival
Ben-Gurion
The Eichmann Trial
Sacred Trash
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
The Dispossessed
Hugo Chávez is ramping up his assault on Venezuela’s upper class, and now a rare Jewish paradise is squarely in his sights. Can it be salvaged?
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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. GoldmanPregnant Pause
Pregnancies are fertile ground for superstition, especially for those who assume their traditions and lucky charms are based in Jewish lawby Allison HoffmanCheap 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




