How antisemitic was Joseph Conrad, author of ‘Heart of Darkness’ and ‘The Secret Agent’?
A 1920s portrait of the author Joseph Conrad Photo by Getty Images
By Benjamin Ivry
November 20, 2024
A century after his death in 1924, the Polish-born...
How Quincy Jones scored with the gritty story of a Harlem Holocaust survivor
Rod Steiger starred in ‘The Pawnbroker’ Photo by Getty Images
By Benjamin Ivry
November 5, 2024
The composer and arranger Quincy Jones, who died Nov. 3 at...
How the humorless cruelty of Trump supporters betrays a Jewish tradition of insult comedy
Don Rickles, 1980. Photo by Getty Images
By Benjamin Ivry
October 29, 2024
The recent uproar over right-wing comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s racist and sexist jokes at Donald...
The accordion is an instrument of sorrow and celebration — does that make it Jewish?
The accordion was invented in Germany in the 1820s and reached American shores in the 1840s. Illustration by Alex Rudin
By Benjamin Ivry
October 22, 2024
The...