Ghost Puppeteer

In Compulsion, now at New York’s Public Theater, Mandy Patinkin portrays a writer whose obsession with Anne Frank drives him to the brink of madness

Good Kitty, Bad Kitty

Benno and the Night of Broken Glass, a new picture book about a cat witnessing Kristallnacht, raises the unavoidable question: Do cute kitties belong in stories about the Holocaust?

Looking for Mokum

Part 2 of 3: A chilly visit to Amsterdam’s Portuguese Synagogue and an awkward one to Anne Frank’s Secret Annex

Frank’s Favorite Tree Is Gone

Storm fells Amsterdam chestnut

Sundown: J Street Takes on Solow

Plus a newly uncovered rejection letter, and more in the news

What to See at the PEN Festival

Events to pencil in

Walk Through the Anne Frank Annex

From your office chair

Did Anne Frank Tell Stories at the Camp?

Controversy over new memoir

Sundown: IDF to Improve Soldiers’ Foot Odor

Plus Anne Frank banned and Gibson as Tricky Dick

Daybreak: Iranian Physicist Killed; Iran Blames U.S. and Israel

Plus a 7.0 hits Haiti’s capital, and more in the news