Inside China’s Plan for Global Supremacy
How the fight for the next communications ecosystem could make a world dependent on Chinese technology, Chinese software, Chinese e-commerce, Chinese venture capital, and the Chinese market
By David P. Goldman · March 19, 2019
Kraft’s Sabbath
Judging a rich man’s sins, in a world that thrives on outrage, humiliation, and fake virtue
By Matthew Fishbane · February 25, 2019
Want a New Year’s Resolution? Don’t Be Like Logan Paul.
The YouTube star’s latest controversy is a warning against technology-addled solipsism
By Liel Leibovitz · January 5, 2018
A New Video Game Raises a Thorny Question: Can the Medium Address the Holocaust?
‘Call of Duty: WWII’ attempts the Ken Burns approach, but shies away from any real emotion
By Liel Leibovitz · November 10, 2017
Need Empathy? Play This Game.
‘The Last Guardian,’ a new video game, is a masterly meditation on learning to care for, and communicate with, others
By Liel Leibovitz · December 16, 2016
Start-Up Nation
Unorthodox heads to Silicon Valley for a live taping featuring cybercrime lawyer Eddan Katz and The League dating-app founder Amanda Bradford
By Unorthodox · April 14, 2016
Video Game Pioneer Ralph Baer Saw Play as a Religious Experience
Having fled the Nazis as a boy, he built his own technological utopia
By Liel Leibovitz · December 11, 2014
The Israeli ‘This American Life’ Will Surprise Even Those Who Think They Know the Land Well
After making a splash back home, the creators of the Hebrew-language program are launching an English version on Vox Tablet
By Vox Tablet · August 11, 2014
Comedy Isn’t Kosher, but It Can Be Funny
How observant Jewish funnymen (and -women) navigate the line between irreverence and devotion
By Josh Lambert · May 20, 2014
Hey, Sheryl Sandberg! The Tattler Has Something Pushy To Say
A modest counterproposal for the Facebook COO, who wants to ban the word ‘bossy’
By Rachel Shukert · March 14, 2014
Alec Baldwin Reminds Me of Something Else
Bullying and bullied, lacking in empathy, and oversensitive: How my feelings about the actor mirror my feelings for a country
By Rachel Shukert · February 28, 2014
A Visit With Nachum Segal, Avatar of Modern Orthodox Sincerity
‘I reach more Jews every day than the prime minister of Israel,’ says the popular radio host
By Norman Samuels · February 25, 2014
‘Lashon Hara’: Available Now on a Phone Near You
A new app called Secret lets users share gossip anonymously. It’s a very bad idea.
By Liel Leibovitz · February 14, 2014
The Tiger Mom and Her Jewish Husband Need To Save Justin Bieber
The authors’ theories about chosenness may be wrong for everyone in the world—except pop stars
By Rachel Shukert · January 31, 2014
Despicable Meme: Why the Quenelle Is the Grumpy Cat of Anti-Semites
Like all viral hits, the reverse Nazi salute is hard to explain and harder to resist, which makes it all the more dangerous
By Liel Leibovitz · January 2, 2014
The Tattler Guide to Having the Least Christmas-y Christmas Ever
If all the joy and happiness in the air are making you miserable, try one of these six strategies for how to ruin Dec. 25
By Rachel Shukert · December 20, 2013
Papers, Please: A Video Game With No Shootouts or Theft—Only the Banality of Evil
New indie hit has players make life-and-death decisions with nothing more than a desk and a set of stamps
By Liel Leibovitz · November 19, 2013
‘SNL’ Greats Dieter and Linda Richman’s Coffee Tawk in Auschwitz
Mike Myers’ classic characters—plus Madonna and Babs—together in a buddy flick about anti-Semitism. What could go wrong?
By Rachel Shukert · October 18, 2013
And More, Much More Than This, Ronan Farrow Will Do It His Way
Do the Woody Allen-family paternity revelations signal the end of the nebbishy übermensch?
By Rachel Shukert · October 11, 2013
On Behalf of the Jews, Please Accept These Yom Kippur Apologies. Please.
We gave the world Anthony Weiner and Michael Bloomberg, and even our holidays screwed up everyone’s summer
By Rachel Shukert · September 12, 2013
Move Over, Jessica Seinfeld! Lauren Silverman’s A-List Scandal Is the Best Ever
Simon Cowell’s baby-mama drama is sex-scandal heaven. So, why can’t a Jewish girl get taken seriously as a femme fatale?
By Rachel Shukert · August 9, 2013
On the Heels of the Royal Baby, a Modest Proposal for a New Israelite Monarchy
If all this power procreating is doing so much to make the Windsors popular, shouldn’t Jews follow suit?
By Rachel Shukert · July 26, 2013
Born on the Fourth of July: Your Right To Kvetch About the Land of Opportunity
The Tattler: Wishing you a very Tattler Independence Day and gratitude for everything that makes America a mixed bag
By Rachel Shukert · July 5, 2013
What Happens When the Myth of the Obedient, Docile Jewish Husband Gets Busted
The Tattler: TV chef Nigella Lawson, tabloid fodder after a public dust-up with art-mogul ad-man hubby Charles Saatchi, is not alone
By Rachel Shukert · June 28, 2013
A New Interactive Map of the Vilna Ghetto Asks: What Good Is History if It Isn’t Told?
The reVILNA digital mapping project seeks to restore the lives that were lived before they became anonymous victims
By Menachem Kaiser · June 20, 2013
The Netherlands’ Jewish Mother
Beatrix abdicated so she could usher in a new era—of heads of state who have never experienced war
By Rachel Shukert · May 3, 2013
Hating Gwyneth Paltrow
You may think you know where this column is going. You’d be wrong.
By Rachel Shukert · April 26, 2013
The Mystery Stone
Does a rock in New Mexico show the Ten Commandments in ancient Hebrew? Harvard professor says yes.
By Batya Ungar-Sargon · February 27, 2013
