On the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death, drawing back into the light the talented woman who may have inspired some sonnets and The Merchant of Venice
Howard Jacobson’s clever and entertaining retelling of Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice’ furthers his reputation as one of the finest Jewish writers working today
A new book of cocktail recipes (and more) offers an inspiring way to toast Jacob Adler, the star of Yiddish theater
Saying ‘Cheerio, Not Goodbye,’ to Ron Moody
Shakespeare’s prickly classic gets a timely update in new production
They lie. They cheat. The treat their kids terribly. This Father’s Day, be thankful your own dad is such a mensch.
The ADL director says our interview with Shakespeare expert missed the point
Talking about ‘Merchant of Venice’ and the ADL with Barry Edelstein
Stephen Marche on hypocritical criticism of an Israeli theater group
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
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
The British novelist on England, the Jews, and anti-Semitism today
Suicide note may indicate pilot’s anti-Semitism
Protest usury in London
Henry Goodman explores the inner workings of a milkman-patriarch
F. Murray Abraham tackles theater’s most vexing villains
