Escaping Things Past

Friendly Fire, A.B. Yehoshua’s most recent work, opens with a middle-aged couple bidding each other…

On the 20th Day

On the 20th day of Israel’s invasion of Gaza, at the time of this article’s…

My Book As a Movie

"Who’s going to play you in the movie?" Yesterday, I wrote about The Red Leather…

Jewcy Zeitgeist: Wyeth Dies, Boy George Locked Up for Tie-Down, Life on Mars, and Hitler Trial Postponed

Here are today’s top stories in no particular order:  Painter Andrew Wyeth has died at the age…

The Movie in My Mind

"Who’s going to play you in the movie?" From hidden in a teenage diary with…

Nazi Advertising: When Slogans Go Bad

There’s no doubt that many ad campaigns are questionable, especially in terms of taste level—think…

Jewcy Zeitgeist: Israel Strikes U.N. Headquarters, Patrick Swayze is Still Alive, and Steve Jobs Takes Medical Leave

Here are today’s stories in no particular order: Israel accidentally fired at the U.N. Relief…

Novelist Jonathan Baumbach on Independent Publishing

Jonathan Baumbach may be best known among hipsters as the dad who has a cameo…