I was so excited to interview Marty Krofft, of Sid & Marty Krofft, of the newly rebooted “Sigmund & the Sea Monsters” and the classic “HR Pufnstuf” and “Lidsville” and so much more, for Tablet Magazine. And then it turned out that the Kroffts are not Jewish and there was no reason to interview them for a Jewish publication. YET SHE PERSISTED.

Dave Eggers’s new book about the Statue of Liberty is terrific.

There’s a brand new exhibit at the Tenement Museum, this one focusing on post-WWII immigration. 

It’s the ANXIETY TWIG FETISH, a talisman for our neurotic age!

Unrelated: I voted today.

On SorryWatch: Kevin Spacey‘s and Harvey Weinstein‘s apologies, analyzed. (And as a palate cleanser, a far better apology from Thor.)

And most important, my daughter became a Bat Mitzvah.