I, Wandering Jew: A Five-Century History of Our Modern Condition By Yair Mintzker Princeton University Press, 288 pp.   For

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On July 4, 1776, some of my ancestors were living in Central and Eastern Europe, where I imagine them passionately

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A tour into the new landscape of podcast-comedians—where even antisemitism jokes kill. ...

We are in the station wagon driving north to Niagara Falls. The border is seven hours away and after crossing

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DO THE RIGHT THING AKA DERECH ERETZ In her last column (“What We’ve Won in this War,” Fall 2025), Naomi

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“I really believe that food makes us open up something we wouldn’t open otherwise, just like with poetry or music.” ...
A master of the English language who was not born into it, Stoppard exhibits an arresting verbal dexterity, a mix of joy, wit and wordplay. ...
“What if the solution lies not in affirming the family unit, but in expanding it outward—building a scaffolding of extended family who together create the support network children need to thrive?” ...
“The world went into hiding and hid in plain sight.” ...