Q&A With Art Spiegelman, Creator of ‘Maus’
The influential artist talks about his Jewish Museum retrospective, ‘Mad’ magazine, and how the Shoah trumps art all of the time
Q&A: Benjamin Ginsberg, the Author of ‘How the Jews Defeated Hitler’
His thoughts on Jewish strength, Jewish weakness, and the secret history of the Judeo-Episcopate in America
Red Cavalry, Isaac Babel (1920s)
In Babel’s dark masterpiece, the Soviets fight the Poles and everybody hates the Jews
Herzog, Saul Bellow (1964)
The master’s most autobiographical, and therefore most Jewish, book
The Iron Tracks, Aharon Appelfeld (1998)
The greatest living Jewish writer tackles vengeance
Really the Blues, Mezz Mezzrow (1946)
The Jazz-playing, Jewish Johnny Appleseed of Weed
Correspondence, Walter Benjamin and Gershom Scholem (1992)
Marx and the Messiah in conversation
Did Vladimir Putin Bait a Trap for the United States in Damascus?
Why the Russian president has every reason to cross Barack Obama’s “red line” on Syria, and elsewhere in the Middle East
The Mideast Crack-Up
Robert Worth, David Goldman, Edward Luttwak, Amos Harel, Nathan Thrall, and Lee Smith on the new Arab map
Tikkun Olam in Silicon Valley
Q&A: Tech guru Steve Blank talks about Thailand, secret high-tech, and the Valley’s Jewish moment
Q&A: Władysław Bartoszewski
Why you should learn to spell the name of the mastermind of Poland’s relations with Germany and the Jews
Q&A: Wojciech Jagielski
The Polish long-form master and Kapuscinski heir talks about children in war and the fate of journalism
Four-Letter Words: Why Jews Have Led the Making and Defense of Obscenity in America
Does sexually graphic material help Jewish continuity? ‘Unclean Lips’ argues for the unseemliness of Bruce, Roth, and their ilk.
Sephardic Singer Flory Jagoda Keeps the Music of Her Prewar Bosnian Childhood Alive
The composer of the beloved Hanukkah song ‘Ocho Kandelikas’ shares stories and melodies from her past
How Thanksgiving Became Holy for One Iranian Jewish Woman and Her Family
‘Saffron Rice and Cranberry Sauce’ is one of eight stories in a theater production based on Persian Jewish women’s lives
- Watch Jon Stewart Take Down the War on Christmas
- Adam Brody Will Be On ‘New Girl’ in 2014
- Haim Covers ‘The Chanukah Song’ by Adam Sandler
- SermonSlam, a Poetry Slam for Sermons
