3rd Annual Broadway Purim Shpiel

Jewcy was invited to attend the Third Annual Broadway Purim Shpiel, uh, spectacular extravaganza, this…

Eric Hobsbawm’s Stalinist Homage to Catalonia

Orwell and the Spanish Civil War are all the rage again. Perhaps brought on by…

At the Mikveh, Age Four

For weeks my brothers flooded me with tales of drowning, said the special pool was…

A Better Shakespearean Sonnet for Valentine’s Day

With all due respect to Robert Pinsky, it’s not often that Shakespeare’s glorious sequence to…

Can Sophie’s Choice Be Me?

Paul Auster, widely regarded as one of the most respected writers in the world of…

On Jewish Writing

1. She was eating a sandwich. What is Jewish writing? If I am Jewish, is…

Ask a Jew a Question and Get a Y-Love Answer

“Sing to the Lord a new song… sing to the Lord, all the earth.” Psalms…

Murder in Amsterdam

The Amsterdam apartment where Anne Frank began her diary before going into hiding from the…