17
Jan
The Courage of Eric K. Ward
How a Black punk rocker from Southern California confronted white nationalists, linked anti-Black racism with antisemitism and took the national stage to fight for inclusive democracy.
23
Jun
Joshua Malina Is a Proud (((Jew)))
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By
Sarah Breger
After The West Wing, Scandal, and Sports Night, Joshua Malina takes on Leopoldstadt, which is on Broadway through July. Perhaps Hollywood’s most Jew-y Jew, Malina now acts as Hermann Merz, the patriarch of the sprawling Viennese Jewish family.
05
Jan
Ms. Manning goes to Washington
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By
Ellen Wexler
For newly elected members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the work begins right away.
14
Sep
The Triumphs and Failures of a Jewish Son-in-Law
Nearly four years into Donald J. Trump’s presidency, Jared Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter, remain the prince and princess of the administration and arguably the nation’s “First Jews.”
10
Jun
Debra Katz: Ahead of Her Time
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By
She was the go-to lawyer for whistleblower and sexual discrimination claims long before #MeToo got its name.
25
Feb
Tom Stoppard: Unfinished Business
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By
Liam Hoare
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.
28
Oct
It’s Stephen Miller Time
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By
Marc Fisher
The pressure was building, and Donald Trump didn’t like it one bit. It was the spring of 2017, and the still-new president was growing ever angrier. “Where’s my Roy Cohn?” Trump blurted out in frustration.
13
Oct
Bob Dylan: The Unauthorized Spiritual Biography
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By
Moment
By Nadine Epstein and Rebecca Frankel
In the early 1960s, Bob Dylan performed at tiny Greenwich Village folk clubs, acoustic guitar strapped across his compact shoulders,...
07
Mar
Howard Jacobson Meets Shylock
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By
The Man Booker award-winning British author gives The Merchant of Venice a new twist. And no, he doesn’t think Shakespeare was an anti-Semite.
04
Nov
Bernard-Henri Lévy
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By
France’s public intellectual no.1 has become its number-one defender of Jews—and democratic intervention around the world.
28
Jan
Richard Zimler—Author of The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon
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By
John Krich
How a Gay, Long Island-born mystery writer became Portugal’s Jewish conscience
04
Sep
Our Man in Warsaw: Konstanty Gebert
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Born in 1953 when Poland was under communist rule,Konstanty Gebert viewed his Jewish lineage as a “biographical accident” until he was 15.