The New York Times
A Jewish Christmas Soundtrack
The top 10 Christmas songs written by Jews, from ‘Silver Bells’ to ‘Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow’
Jonah Lehrer’s Deceptions
The celebrated journalist fabricated Bob Dylan quotes in his new book, Imagine: How Creativity Works
Opinionator Runs Headlong Into a Jewish Mother
The Times declares war on parenthood and loses.
Lightning Rod
Admired or reviled—but never ignored—how has Peter Beinart created a firestorm with well-worn ideas about Israel and American Jews?
Assange’s Chutzpah
According to WikiLeaks’ latest document dump, I’m a tool of the Mossad. Does the fact that I scooped Julian Assange have anything to do with it?
Talking Asses
The misguided prophet Balaam—who knew that words have meanings and must be used judiciously—should be the patron saint of the Internet
Testing the Limits
Not only is standardized testing plaguing our schools, driving us to cheat, and making our children sick; it’s completely antithetical to Jewish values
Excuses, Excuses
I turned in my book’s manuscript almost a month ago, but my editor doesn’t seem to have read it yet. It makes a writer wonder what he’s doing instead.
Leaky Weeks
Joseph, the hero of this week’s parasha, could teach Wikileaks’ Julian Assange a thing or two about personal responsibility
All The News That’s Fit To Print After the Fact
The ‘Times’ literally catches up with Howard Jacobson


