Daniel Septimus

Our friend Joshua Henkin, whose NYTimes notable book Matrimony just came out in paperback, is guest blogging over at The ...

A couple of weeks ago, a California man named Naftoli Smolyansky disappeared during a boating trip after jumping in the ...

It’s the month of Elul, the time when we begin the introspection that culminates with the High Holidays. So I ...

A friend sent me the following hilarity…

A recent issue of the Economist had a fascinating review of Edna Fernandes’ new book The Last Jews of Kerala: ...

Earlier this week, I blogged about Vivian Gornick’s recent assertion that “Jewish writing is over.” Gornick was suggesting that the ...

Vivian Gornick’s forthcoming book The Men in My Life includes an essay called “Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, and the End ...

The Agriprocessors story continues to show up in newspapers of record. Today’s addition: The Onion . In its “American Voices” ...

The headline says it all: “Jews discovered on Upper West Side”

For those of you in New York City, the Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning will be holding its annual ...