William Shakespeare
Abe Foxman Responds to Shylock Interview
The ADL director says our interview with Shakespeare expert missed the point
Shakespeare Expert Puzzled By Shylock Crossword Flap
Talking about ‘Merchant of Venice’ and the ADL with Barry Edelstein
The Cryptogram
David Mamet’s The Secret Knowledge, an assault on liberal values and politics, should be viewed not as a polemic but as a yet-to-be-written play about his usual subjects: scams and hustlers
Telling Tales
A pound of flesh, a lion with a thorn in his paw, an all-powerful book—a new collection of Jewish folktales from Arab lands sheds light on the universality of the genre
Politics and Poetry
Trying to make sense of Shakespeare’s politics, a complicated web of ideas and contradictions that attracted and repelled some of modern history’s most notorious leaders
Sundown: Palestinian NGOs Seek Self-Examination
Plus the new senator on Israel, Haiti’s president, and more
Fyvush Finkel: A Charming Conversation With a Longtime Serious Mensch
As the 91-year-old Yiddish theater star embarks on a Purim cabaret show, we revisit his appearance on Vox Tablet
Pin the Crime on the Jew: Blood Libel and the Case of Mendel Beilis
Edmund Levin plumbs trial transcripts to examine how one of Russia’s biggest court cases fed on the myth of Jewish malice
As If You Needed It, Yet Another Reason To Be in Miami: The Delis
Evolving Jewish culture—and doctors’ orders—dealt a blow to South Florida’s delicatessens. But they’re making a comeback.
- Joshua Malina Does NOT Wish Mel Gibson A Shabbat Shalom
- Five Year Old Sruli Recites Wolf Of Wall Street Monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Ultra Orthodox High School Boasts Full-Piece Marching Band
- The Newest Best Thing on the Internet: Wifey.tv
