Alexander Aciman

Alexander Aciman is a writer living in New York. His work has appeared in, among other publications, The New York Times, Vox, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic.

The Sweet Taste of Childhood—With Coconut on Top
Reconstructing a recipe for the rolls my grandfather remembers from his early days in Milwaukee
byAlexander Aciman
The Shape of Pastries Past
Trying to recreate my great-grandmother’s cheese-filled bollos
byAlexander Aciman
The Darkness of Charoset
Recreating my great-grandmother’s long-lost Passover recipe helped me understand how she viewed herself before the family fled Egypt
byAlexander Aciman
A Mystery Baked Inside a Cake
My explosive mission to recreate the ‘pain d’espagne’ my grandfather once made, which I never got to eat
byAlexander Aciman
The Perfect Quince Jam
Trying to recreate a recipe that carries a history as broad as the Mediterranean, and as specific as my grandmother’s kitchen
byAlexander Aciman
Bye-Bye Barneys
A remembrance of sales past
byAlexander Aciman
J.K. Rowling’s ‘Lethal White’
Bookworm: Britain’s most prominent defender of the Jews is also a pretty good male mystery writer
byAlexander Aciman
To Be a German Jew in 1938 Was to Live in Disbelief
A new digital exhibit, the 1938Projekt, catalogues the final days of European Jewry and shows how easy it is to become inured to the progression of a deteriorating situation
byAlexander Aciman
Not Our Kind
Bookworm: ‘Kitty Zeldis’ pens a Jewish-genre fiction throwback about WASP-y anti-Semitism, in search of lost time
byAlexander Aciman
The Eternal Themes in ‘The Shop Around the Corner’
The film that inspired ‘You’ve Got Mail’ is a study of human desire and yearning for transcendence that remains timeless
byAlexander Aciman
Daniel Silva and the Art of the Beach Read
Bookworm: The new bestselling spy thriller, ‘The Other Woman,’ excels at this one thing
byAlexander Aciman
Of Jews and Gentlemen
Hollywood confronts anti-semitism in Elia Kazan’s 1947 film Gentleman’s Agreement.
byAlexander Aciman
Bookworm’s Beach Reads!
Our columnist offers three classic titles to take to the ocean in the summer of 2018
byAlexander Aciman
What to Watch This Weekend: ‘M’
The story of a child murderer succumbing to his dark impulses in a town on the brink of chaos is not one you’ll soon forget
byAlexander Aciman
What to Watch This Weekend: ‘Stalag 17’
Billy Wilder’s masterpiece makes you feel the humidity of 20 men in a room
byAlexander Aciman
Keith Gessen’s ‘A Terrible Country’ Is Pretty Great
Bookworm: 2018 Russia, 2008 Russia, 19th-century Russia, and America all star in the new novel by the author of ‘All the Sad Young Literary Men’
byAlexander Aciman
What to Watch This Weekend: ‘Morituri’
His ridiculous German accent aside, Marlon Brando delivers an unforgettable performance as a WWII spy
byAlexander Aciman
What to Watch This Weekend: ‘The Stranger’
Orson Welles as your friendly Nazi next door, Edward G. Robinson as the long arm of the law
byAlexander Aciman