Dissolution

My life as an accidental Holocaust expert—and why I decided to quit

Faustian Bargain

The singular horror of the Holocaust is being lost in exchange for enshrining rare moments of inspiration and universal narratives of suffering

There She Is

There hasn’t been a Jewish Miss America since Bess Meyerson in 1945. With Loren Galler Rabinowitz set to compete for her crown Saturday, a writer considers the legacy of a Jewish queen of femininity.

Higher Truth

In her new book, critic Ruth Franklin argues for why the Holocaust is best understood through fiction

Picture Imperfect

Are there right and wrong ways of looking at Holocaust-era photographs?

Historic Shift

Like most Holocaust historians, Christopher Browning was wary of survivor testimony. Then, one case made him realize he could ignore it no longer.

Art Thou Contented, Jew?

The British novelist on England, the Jews, and anti-Semitism today

Reading Levi in Tehran

A new project offers Arabic and Farsi translations of key Holocaust works

Exceptional Spiritedness

A writer-lawyer tackles Primo Levi’s tangled life and legacy

On the Bookshelf

On writing in Hebrew, Primo Levi, and endless love