Groucho, Berlin, and Me
"So there I was, backstage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, asking Groucho Marx to show me his watch."
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Did the future Nazi minister of finance and head of the Reichsbank really have a doctoral degree in Hebrew?
The City Without Jews
The first time Vienna expelled its Jews was in an eerily prescient novel.
The Burial Man of Melbourne
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Mourning and Real Estate
When dreams of national renewal were hidden in housing codes
Angels, Chickens, and the Debris of History
Inside Berlin’s Bode Museum, Klee’s angel is staring at the exit sign, perhaps like me, looking for a way out.
Why I Defy the Israeli Chief Rabbinate (From the Archives)
The Israeli Chief Rabbinate can’t be abolished any time soon, but its power should be radically diminished.
In and Out of My Father’s Court
The many walls of Isaac Bashevis Singer
Why Can’t We Be Friends (Again)?
In a new documentary, Henry Louis Gates Jr. argues that the Black-Jewish alliance is imperfect but important, and, he hopes, salvageable.
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How Romeo & Juliet became Ram & Jael. Raider of the lost incense. Rock Nazis . . .