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Two middle-aged women defied the Nazis. One ‘wrote’ a book that betrayed the other.
Etta Shiber, seen in a publicity photo for the 1943 book “Paris-Underground,” and Kate Bonnefous, shown in 1940, were friends and unlikely heroes of...
How a Jewish kid from the Bronx shared the stage with Bruce Springsteen, married Faye Dunaway and became the Zelig of rock ‘n’ roll
Peter Wolf performs in Clarkston, Mich., in 2017. Photo by Getty Images
By Jim Sullivan
March 7, 2025
Six years ago, I was talking to Peter Wolf,...
In an ‘Oliver Twist’ prequel, Fagin gets a first name — and the spotlight
Oliver Twist when she was eight years old. Her new book, Fagin the Thief, aims to humanize one of English literature's most problematic Jewish...
75 years after the birth of McCarthyism, scoundrel time returns to America
Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, 1964. Photo by Getty Images
By Robert Zaretsky
March 3, 2025
Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern AmericaBy Clay RisenSimon...