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
Five Years Later, Madoff Scandal Echoes Through the Jewish Community, and Beyond
The lingering effects of his massive Ponzi scheme on a century-old youth group, a Boston philanthropist, and small investors
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
- Drake Helps Students at Struggling Philadelphia High School
- Israeli Ad Agency Cleverly Promotes Ending Violence Against Women
- Watch Jon Stewart Take Down the War on Christmas
- Adam Brody Will Be On ‘New Girl’ in 2014
