Arts & Culture

The Weekly Yiderati

By Joe Winkler February 10, 2012

This week: From the birthday of Philip Glass to essays in The Believer, we’ve got you covered. Read More

Jewcy Interviews: Ben Marcus On “The Flame Alphabet”

By Joe Winkler February 9, 2012

In his latest book, “The Flame Alphabet,” Ben Marcus imagines a world where the voices of children kill. We talk to him about how it’s his most conventional work to date. Read More

This American Life Ira Glass Man-Fatuation Post: Conventions

By Jon Reiss February 8, 2012

After two weeks of kicking ass, Ira takes a little break. Read More

The State Of The Jewish Novel

By Jason Diamond February 8, 2012

Adam Kirsch uses Nathan Englander as a jumping off point to neatly talk about the Jewish novel past and future. Read More

Jews Watching TV: The New Girl And The Dangers Of Starfucking TV Shows

By Jesse David Fox February 8, 2012

This week New York Magazine wrote about how the casting of Zooey Deschanel, and the success of The New Girl in general, might have completely rewritten the rules of who will act on television. Read More

Israel’s Dark Horse Contender For The Oscars

By Jon Reiss February 7, 2012

Israel is not a nation known internationally for their filmmaking, and certainly not here in the United States. That may all be changing very soon. Read More

Hooch Jews

By Tablet Mag February 7, 2012

Jews and Booze, a fascinating new history of Prohibition-era bootleggers, barmen, rabbis, and cops, picks up where HBO’s Boardwalk Empire leaves off Read More

When The Jews Made Ivy

By Tablet Mag February 6, 2012

Ivy League style, the quintessentially WASPy American look defined by Jewish designers a century ago, returns to the runways for Fashion Week Read More