Tablet Mag, Author at Jewcy

A new high-end residential development is seeking to add a shine of kosher chic to the historic—if also historically downmarket—Lower East Side

Twenty years before Linsanity, the Knicks City Dancers took Madison Square Garden by storm. I should know—my aunt invented them.

Like religion, TV shows must understand how to tell stories over time if they hope to endure. ‘The Simpsons’ gets it. ‘Downton Abbey’ doesn’t.

Judy Blume’s 35-year-old classic Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself avoids the main problem of Holocaust fiction: sanctification.

It may not be as well-defined as Black Twitter, but there’s now a distinct community of Jewish Tweeters with a shared sensibility and set of concerns

Michael Chabon may finally score a hit as a screenwriter for Disney’s new sci-fi flick John Carter. But will success in Hollywood ruin his fiction?

Feminist rock collective Permanent Wave gathers a powerful music scene around a core of activism. Just don’t call them riot grrrls.

Pregnancies are fertile ground for superstition, especially for those who assume their traditions and lucky charms are based in Jewish law.