Leonard Bernstein and more
In Tablet Magazine this month, I criticized Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional [...]
Recent bylines
If you do not love Bread and Jam for Frances, [...]
A poem, inspired by Sean Penn, by Sean Penn
Sean Penn has written a novel! According to BookRiot, "A [...]
I’m fine, how are you
Happy 80th birthday, Judy Blume! Let us not allow our [...]
A vintage “pseudo-womanist boys” rant
On Twitter, writer Meg Nesterov reminded me via her Instagram that [...]
What’s new?
Anti-vaccine hordes attack a Jewish children's book. Transgender Jews are [...]
The Talmud of clueless
Clueless is now on Netflix, and replete with Jewishness! I took [...]
Letting bylines be bylines
Rosh HaShanah is nearly upon us. Honey cake sucks. Can [...]
New children’s books about refugees
In Tablet Magazine today. It hasn't even been a year since [...]
Book rec! and other stuff!
This new picture book about a boy and a stone lion is [...]