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Personal History

Of Yiddish, Litvaks, and the Evil Eye

A smattering of Yiddish happens to be all the Yiddish I have.
The Front Row

“Terrorists in Retirement” Brings Wartime Traumas Back to Life

With in-depth interviews and startling reënactments, the director Mosco Boucault details the anguish and the heroism of a mainly Jewish group of French Resistance fighters.
The Weekend Essay

Two Paths for Jewish Politics

In America, Jews pioneered a way of life that didn’t rely on the whims of the powerful. Now it’s under threat.
Cultural Comment

Are Hollywood’s Jewish Founders Worth Defending?

Jews in the industry called for the Academy Museum to highlight the men who created the movie business. A voice in my head went, Uh-oh.
The Weekend Essay

In the Shadow of the Holocaust

How the politics of memory in Europe obscures what we see in Israel and Gaza today.
Shouts & Murmurs

Sons of Commandment: Tales from the Nineties Bar-Mitzvah Circuit

Every single bar or bat mitzvah had the same d.j. play the party, so you could prepare.
Our Columnists

The Historians Under Attack for Exploring Poland’s Role in the Holocaust

Scholars face defamation suits, and potential criminal charges, in the Polish government’s effort to exonerate the nation of any role in the murders of three million Jews during the Nazi occupation.
Our Local Correspondents

“We Don’t Protest”: Borough Park’s Mask-Burning Orthodox Jewish Demonstrators

Heshy Tishler, a radio host and City Council candidate, has emerged as the leader of a neighborhood’s uprising against government coronavirus measures.
The Front Row

Review: Seth Rogen’s Empty Ethics in “An American Pickle”

The sentimental fantasy of generational conflict and an immigrant’s struggles, starring Rogen in a double role, strains to achieve a reconciliation with the recent cultural past.
Keep the Faith Dept.

Trying Not to Jewbarrass the Guests at a Socially Distant Passover

The marketing pro behind the witty Manhattan Mini Storage ads has turned her focus to rebranding Judaism. Join Cory Booker and others at the JewBelong Seder.
Daily Comment

Benjamin Netanyahu Is Indicted on Criminal Charges; His Defiance Puts Israel’s Democracy at Risk

The temptation to draw parallels between Netanyahu’s Israel and Trump’s America is irresistible. But America’s democratic institutions are more numerous, established, and dispersed than Israel’s.
Personal History

My House in Cairo

In Egypt, time is accordion-like. Certain moments seem to last forever, but then everything is compressed and an era disappears in a flash.
A Reporter at Large

EICHMANN IN JERUSALEM—III

Daily Comment

In Pittsburgh, Naftali Bennett’s Presence Highlights the Debate Between Netanyahu’s Government and American Jews

Naftali Bennett’s supposition that members of his audience thought of anti-Semitism as a “piece of history”—that they were in need of his corrective—suggests only how he’s underestimated them.
Peach Fuzz Dept.

The Growing Pains of Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg

Two of the creators of “Big Mouth” return to the White Plains middle school where they first started cracking each other up.
Fiction

The Boarder

L.A. Postcard

The Nazi Sites of Los Angeles

A walking tour of where the Fascists and Hitlerites gathered in California.
Culture Desk

A Sharp Intake of Breath at “Fiddler on the Roof”

House Divided Dept.

Is Steve Bannon Good for the Jews?

Alan Dershowitz attends the annual gala for a Zionist organization and considers whether the former head of Breitbart is anti-Semitic.
The Pictures

Rachel Weisz and Deborah Lipstadt

The actress sits down with the professor, who was sued for libel for calling David Irving a Holocaust denier, and whom Weisz plays in “Denial.”