Izzy Grinspan

Izzy Grinspan is Jewcy's ex-managing editor. Her work has been published in Salon, The Believer, and The Village Voice.

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At Least It’s Over: Charges Dropped Against Duke Lacrosse Players

Charges have been dropped against the three Duke lacrosse players accused of sexually assaulting a…

Only Women Bleed

My obsession with Caitlin Flanagan waned after she left the New Yorker. It seemed like…

Keep That Pink Off My Book Cover

A couple weeks ago, novelist Katherine Taylor talked some smack about Ben Kunkel to the…

Faithhacker Outsources: Belatedly Introducing Guest Blogger Beth Lapides

Why do we so adore Beth Lapides? Because she is the most Jewish New-Age Buddhist…

New In Jewcy: Negotiating Like a Macher

Jon Papernick, our intrepid Perfect Jew, is a secular, pork-eating, Social-Distortion-loving fiction writer who periodically…

The Morning After

This past November, on our second anniversary, my boyfriend Andy and I went to the…

Why We Changed The Headline on “Christianity Gives Me The Creeps”

Personal essays demand honesty. Nothing is more boring than a writer hedging about her life—there’s…

David Sedaris Gets Frey-Olated

In today’s New Republic, Alex Heard demonstrates pretty conclusively that Sedaris makes things up. But…