The secret Jewish origins of spaghetti Bolognese, and more
In completely non-me news, I just saw Birds of Prey [...]
News of the Jews
A personal history of Sesame Street at 50. (I am [...]
Burning Man and Elizabeth Warren (no, not together)
Go read this delightful cartoon by Kelly Bahmer-Brouse about Frances [...]
Game of moans
Warning: Whine. I have a brutal cold and ALSO sudden [...]
A ribbon of stories
Today is the 108th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory [...]
How marvelous…
...to appear in the WASPiest publication known to humanity! Here [...]
Magic, snazzy children’s books, seltzer and comedy
Here's a visit to the New-York Historical Society's "Summer of [...]
Recent writing
Roundup! I wrote about journaling in Real Simple. In my [...]
Happy Purim, bubbelehs!
It's Purim! Here is an essay about BIBLICAL EXEGESIS. Less [...]
A vintage “pseudo-womanist boys” rant
On Twitter, writer Meg Nesterov reminded me via her Instagram that [...]