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 [...]
A meditation on borscht and family
Ah, the potency of borscht as memory. Look, it's no [...]
Roundup time!
* College visiting and associated angsting. * Did you [...]
Happy Purim, bubbelehs!
It's Purim! Here is an essay about BIBLICAL EXEGESIS. Less [...]
The best Jewish children’s (and young adult) books of 2017
It's the Best Jewish Kidlit of 2017! Goth parfumerie Black [...]
Letting bylines be bylines
Rosh HaShanah is nearly upon us. Honey cake sucks. Can [...]
New kitten!
Please welcome Dorothy Parker Kaylee Velvet McGonagall, seen here in [...]
Wolfie Cohen and more…
I wrote this piece on the late, lamented Wolfie Cohen's [...]