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Israel’s Contradictions, Drawn With a Palette of Primary Colors
Israel’s Contradictions, Drawn With a Palette of Primary Colors

Review of Rutu Modan's books for The New York Times Book Review.

What About the Heroine’s Journey?
What About the Heroine’s Journey?

Profile of Maria Tatar for The New York Times.

For His Next Act, Anthony Doerr Wrote a Book About Everything
For His Next Act, Anthony Doerr Wrote a Book About Everything

Profile of Anthony Doerr for The New York Times.

Would the Pandemic Stop Paul Theroux From Traveling?
Would the Pandemic Stop Paul Theroux From Traveling?

Profile of Paul Theroux for The New York Times.

Just Don’t Call Her a Ghostwriter
Just Don’t Call Her a Ghostwriter

Profile of Michelle Burford for The New York Times.

When the Holocaust Becomes an Obsession
When the Holocaust Becomes an Obsession

Review of Yishai Sarid's "Memory Monster" for The New York Times Book Review.

The Baby-Sitters Club Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Literary Fiction
The Baby-Sitters Club Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Literary Fiction

Essay on the joys of the Baby Sitters Club for The New York Times Book Review.

This Is No Time to Read Alone
This Is No Time to Read Alone

Essay on reading during the pandemic for The New York Times.

If Kafka Were Israeli and Wrote About Talking Goldfish
If Kafka Were Israeli and Wrote About Talking Goldfish

Profile of Etgar Keret in The New York Times.

The Holocaust Survivor Who Deciphered Nazi Doublespeak
The Holocaust Survivor Who Deciphered Nazi Doublespeak

Feature story in The New York Times about the personal papers of one of World War II’s earliest historians.

The Case for Covering Your Ears in Noisy Times
The Case for Covering Your Ears in Noisy Times

Cover review-essay in The New York Times Book Review about the value of silence and invisibility.

Amos Oz, a Writer Who Loved the Dream of Israel and Charted Its Imperfect Reality
Amos Oz, a Writer Who Loved the Dream of Israel and Charted Its Imperfect Reality

A front-page appreciation in The New York Times on the death of Amos Oz.

American Jews Face a Choice: Create Meaning or Fade Away
American Jews Face a Choice: Create Meaning or Fade Away

Cover essay in The New York Times Book Review about the future of American Jews.

Raised in South Central, Joe Ide Expands the Territory of L.A. Noir
Raised in South Central, Joe Ide Expands the Territory of L.A. Noir

Profile of crime writer Joe Ide for The New York Times

What Silicon Valley Could Use More Of: Inefficiency
What Silicon Valley Could Use More Of: Inefficiency

Review of Edward Tenner's "The Efficiency Paradox" in The New York Times.

The Yoko Ono of Comics, on Her Own Terms
The Yoko Ono of Comics, on Her Own Terms

Profile of Aline Kominsky-Crumb in The New York Times.

Don’t Blame Phones for Narcissism
Don’t Blame Phones for Narcissism

Review essay of Will Storr's "Selfie" in The New Republic.

Underneath Romain Gary’s Many Masks
Underneath Romain Gary’s Many Masks

Review of two novels by Romain Gary, "Promise at Dawn" and "The Kites" in The New York Times.

50 Years On, Stories of the Six Day War and What Came After
50 Years On, Stories of the Six Day War and What Came After

Essay marking the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War in The New York Times.

How Soviet Dissidents Ended 70 Years of Fake News
How Soviet Dissidents Ended 70 Years of Fake News

Op-ed about Soviet dissidents and samizdat in The New York Times.

What Does Netanyahu Really Want?
What Does Netanyahu Really Want?

Review of "The Resistable Rise of Benjamin Netanyahu" in The New York Times.

Michael Chabon’s Blurred Lines
Michael Chabon’s Blurred Lines

Review of Michael Chabon's "Moonlight" in The New Republic.

Amos Oz on His Novel ‘Judas,’ Which Challenges Views of a Traitor
Amos Oz on His Novel ‘Judas,’ Which Challenges Views of a Traitor

Profile of Amos Oz in The New York Times.

A Promised Land in the U.S.S.R.
A Promised Land in the U.S.S.R.

Review of Masha Gessen's "Where the Jews Aren't" in The New Republic.

Matti Friedman’s ‘Pumpkinflowers’
Matti Friedman’s ‘Pumpkinflowers’

Review of Matti Friedman's "Pumpkinflowers" in The New York Times.

Bernie Sanders and a First for Jews
Bernie Sanders and a First for Jews

Op-ed about Bernie Sanders's Jewish identity in The New York Times.

‘The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin,’ by Steven Lee Myers
‘The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin,’ by Steven Lee Myers

Review of Steven Lee Myers's "The New Tsar" in The New York Times.

Forget Facebook, Bring Back Samizdat
Forget Facebook, Bring Back Samizdat

Op-ed about the Russian Internet in The New York Times.

The Pathology Plaguing American Jews
The Pathology Plaguing American Jews

Essay about American Jews in The Forward.

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