Essays

Brooklyn, Steering, and Palestinian Chicken: An Interview with Alan Dershowitz
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Brooklyn, Steering, and Palestinian Chicken: An Interview with Alan Dershowitz

Articles, Essays | November 13, 2011

Alan Dershowitz is a prominent jurist and political critic who has taught at Harvard Law School for over forty years and is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law...

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Medium, Message, Examination

Articles, Essays | November 13, 2011

The Language by Robert Creeley Locate I love you some- where in teeth and eyes, bite it but take care not to hurt, you want so much so little. Words say everything. I love...

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Possibilities & Disappointments: Recent Adventures in Public Art
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Possibilities & Disappointments: Recent Adventures in Public Art

Articles, Essays | November 13, 2011

Sculptor Will Ryman’s recent installation, “The Roses,” takes the form of large hot pink and red flowers blooming cheerfully along the islands that line...

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The Making of a Terrorist Plot: How the FBI Shaped the Attempt to Bomb a Bronx Synagogue
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The Making of a Terrorist Plot: How the FBI Shaped the Attempt to Bomb a Bronx Synagogue

Essays | February 16, 2011

Arrests and Convictions On May 20, 2009, four African-American men from Newburgh, N.Y.—David Cromitie, Onta Williams, David Williams IV, and Laguerre Payen—were...

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Moshe Gershuni, Chai Rakafot (18 Cyclamens), Mixed media on paper, 1984 (Courtesy of Tel Aviv Museum)
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Looking from a Distance: Israeli Local Identity in a Globalized Art Scene

Essays | February 16, 2011

“I don’t want to reduce my work to a derivative or comment on events caused by other people. My goal is to create an event by myself,” says Ran Slavin,...

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House of Cards
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House of Cards

Essays | February 16, 2011

The Settlers: And the Struggle over the Meaning of Israel by Gadi Taub Yale University Press, 240 pages When discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, intellectuals...

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An Apology for the German Socrates
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An Apology for the German Socrates

Essays | February 16, 2011

Moses Mendelssohn: Sage of Modernity by Shmuel Feiner Yale University Press, 248 pages The intellectual life of Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786)...

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William Styron and a Discourse on Madness
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William Styron and a Discourse on Madness

Essays | February 16, 2011

Off the Shelf: Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William Styron Modern Library, 96 pages William Styron’s memoir Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness...

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Leaving the Door Open: Participation and Contemporary Art
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Leaving the Door Open: Participation and Contemporary Art

Essays | February 16, 2011

This past August, Gary Tinterow, Chief Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, spoke to ARTINFO’s magazine about his plans to...

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Torah Rabba: The Possibility of an Orthodox Female Revolution
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Torah Rabba: The Possibility of an Orthodox Female Revolution

Essays | October 19, 2010

From the earliest accounts of Israelite civilization, women of the Jewish faith have filled numerous leadership roles. The history of female Jewish leadership can...

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