Deep Shtetl
Yair Rosenberg’s guide to the stories behind the stories, demystifying the potent but often misunderstood forces that shape our world. Sign up for the newsletter here.
Yair Rosenberg’s guide to the stories behind the stories, demystifying the potent but often misunderstood forces that shape our world. Sign up for the newsletter here.
This week’s Jewish holiday reminds us that the line between our success and failure is thinner and more fragile than we like to think.
How to understand anti-Jewish prejudice in terms of principle rather than partisanship
A new off-Broadway production masterfully recasts the playwright as the villain of “The Merchant of Venice”
The Tony-winning star of Broadway’s Parade discusses a story for our moment told 25 years too soon
A few selections on the human, statistical, and moral dimensions of an incalculable crime
From space Jews and Einstein’s rabbi to conspiracy theorists and anti-Semites in the Ivy League
Watching even Trump’s handpicked candidates concede their elections reveals how his unique malignancies have reshaped our politics—and how we might move past them.
Plus: Lessons from the latest Republican defeat in Georgia, and weekend reading
The man who dined with anti-Semites last week is the same man who ran for president in 2016. Many just didn’t want to see it.
The tendency to scapegoat minority groups for societal woes is not new. To address the problem, one must understand its roots.
From American politics to COVID-19, the site fosters a chattering-class consensus that isn’t always correct, but reverberates far beyond
Many stories in the media are newsworthy, but they are not new, and this difference matters more than people think
Everything you wanted to know about Israel’s election but were afraid to ask
An eclectic introduction to some of the world’s most misunderstood people
The serious consequences of an unserious story
The things we lose when the internet imprisons people in their worst selves
America’s most prestigious universities became elite through policies designed to keep Jews out of them.
Whether it’s Ron DeSantis or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, partisans like to call their opponents stupid. But are they?
Joe Biden is a flawed politician, but Donald Trump is the one candidate who neutralizes his most glaring weaknesses.
Democrats already have a candidate who can beat Donald Trump in the next election. Do they realize it?