A son reckons with his father’s death and an unexpected inheritance
The podcaster and pop culture expert on the best Jewish tradition and what the government is really up to with alternate side parking
Israelis built a paradise in the jungles of Costa Rica. Not everyone is happy about it.
Critics for ‘The New Yorker,’ ‘The Guardian,’ NPR, etc. all carefully avoid telling their readers what ‘Sirāt’ is about
Why the Trump coalition is cracking up
Today’s ‘romantasy’ book craze reveals young readers yearning for something highly modern yet also traditional—fantasies that feel increasingly elusive off the page
Nazi Germany’s secret plans for an economic Fourth Reich
A monthly roundup of our favorite books, old and new. Daniel Poppick’s ‘The Copywriter,’ Jennifer Moxley’s ‘The Middle Room,’ Karin Roffman’s ‘The Songs We Know Best,’ ‘The Complete C Comics,’ Ben Lerner’s ‘Transcription.’
Sovereign wealth funds are geopolitics by other means
Josh Safdie’s new film celebrates a brilliant athletic career, but gives it a Hollywood ending
Shefa Living is building a community centered on ‘Torah and nature’ in the Blue Ridge Mountains. But for whom?
What happens when a safe space becomes a target for predators
Bentonville flexes its new art muscle
In the 1980s, a youth culture challenged the macho pieties of Israeli life
In a roundtable discussion, people who lost their homes to natural disasters talk about what the houses they lost meant to them, what kind of support they could rely on, where they ended up, and what ‘home’ means to them now
A cook strips his tool kit back to basics
