Michael Weiss

Michael is an editor of Nextbook and a contributing editor of Jewcy. His work has appeared in Slate, Gawker, New York, Democratiya, Reason, The New Criterion, The Weekly Standard, City Journal and Standpoint. His blog is Snarksmith.

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Young, Jewish and Silly

I wonder what Jennifer Bleyer's original draft looked like. She seems to be sitting on…

Today’s Jewcy

The Jewcer Collapse a lung, support cancer research: Well, okay, you can skip the pulmonary…

Borat on Letterman

So ready for prime time. Borat talks about the three-year itch with his 15 year-old…

Today’s Jewcy

The Jewcer: More makeovers. For those beta testers just joining our program, you’re getting first…

Azar Nafisi: Enemy of the People

Now this is just too funny: "By seeking to recycle a kaffeeklatsch version of English…

Judt Agonistes

I have my problems with Professor Judt (see here and here), but more troubling than…

Today’s Jewcy

The Jewcer: The elementary hipsters: Michel Houllebecq and Sam Lipsyte: The civilized Believer exchange. Izzy:…

Freakshow or Jewface?

Reboot's compilation of rare 20's and 30's Yiddishy vaudeville, Jewface, features this image on the…