About Jacob Silverman
Culture Kvetch: How Poverty Became Merely Another Spectacle
Moshe Silman’s self-immolation in Tel Aviv grabbed our attention, but will it hold it? Read More
Culture Kvetch: Gabriel García Márquez and the Slow Fade of Memory
Considering memory, literature, and family in the wake of the announcement that the One Hundred Years of Solitude author has dementia Read More
Why Anti-Semitic Elmo is Creepier—and Less Funny—Than We Had Thought
The 48-year-old ran a pornography website in Cambodia before buying the plush Sesame Street costume and posing with children for tips Read More
Culture Kvetch: Harvey Pekar’s Unfinished Lament
The late comic book writer’s newly published book about Israel, which tragically feels far from finished, shows how liberal critiques of Israel can founder in their own solipsism Read More
Shia LaBeouf’s Strange Nude Sigur Rós Video
Shia LaBeouf stars in an 8-minute Sigur Rós music video, and the result is weird but also oddly beautiful. Read More
Culture Kvetch: Jon Stewart’s Happily Ignorant Jew Routine is Getting Stale
‘The Daily Show’ host is most comfortable—and successful—playing the bemused naif, especially when it comes to his Jewish identity. Read More