Batya Ungar-Sargon is a freelance writer who lives in New York. Her Twitter feed is @bungarsargon.
New York State starves schools of money. In East Ramapo, Orthodox Jews—and special-needs children—get the blame.
Having brought author Clarice Lispector back into the public eye, biographer Ben Moser turns to Susan Sontag
Director of Gaza City women’s center says the area needs humanitarian aid
As wounded Gazans flock to hospitals, women take on the bulk of their care
Accomplice in abduction and murder of three teens says order came from Gaza
Non-violence advocate faces resistance from Palestinians and fire from IDF
‘Every two minutes, we hear a bombardment’
Norman Finkelstein, Benjamin Kunkel, Corey Robin among those arrested
New York, NYRB and Andrew Sullivan promulgate problematic claim
Nalan Al Sarraj describes the devastation on the ground
Applying U.S. lessons of counterinsurgency to the current crisis in Gaza
Shmuley Boteach—rabbi, sexpert, Michael Jackson pal—has led many lives. But none of them can obliterate his past.
Civil disobedience act targeted the Friends of the IDF office in Times Square
After employees said they didn’t get enough food after Ramadan fast ended
Rachel Bloom is going to be funny, no matter what you think of her and her lewd, Jewy, borderline-offensive brand of comedy
A new exhibit and book recall the Evelina de Rothschild School, which taught Jewish girls punctuality, self-reliance—and English
How an academic field—marked by petty fighting, misguided ideological debates, and personal proximity to tragedy—doomed itself
A 28-year-old Broadway actress takes on an unexpected new project
