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When Jews Sought the Promised Land in Texas
[ad_1] Ezekiel was an exile. Born in the kingdom of Judah, he survived the siege of Jerusalem, in 597 B.C.E., but afterward was banished with his fellow-Jews to Babylon. While...
Barry Blitt’s “The First Hundred Days”
[ad_1] President Donald J. Trump began his second term with a hundred-day blitz, as a way to both get revenge on his perceived foes and take the country in an...
Trump Is the Emperor of A.I. Slop
[ad_1] On February 19th, Donald Trump logged onto Truth Social to congratulate himself on vanquishing congestion pricing in his home state. “CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD,” he posted. “Manhattan, and all...
Requiem for a “Drunk Dad”
[ad_1] Jeff Bark’s elaborately composed scenes channel sundered American fantasies. They also function as personal folklore. [ad_2] Source link
A Long, Hard Look at America
[ad_1] One of the strangest works of art in the Rijksmuseum, in Amsterdam, is a painting by Jan Jansz Mostaert, who was born in Haarlem. It dates from around 1535...
The Show Can’t Go On
[ad_1] Funding shifts at three of the largest philanthropic foundations have brought turbulence and uncertainty to the intricate New York support system for the performing arts. [ad_2] Source link
“Drop Dead City” Spotlights a Lost Era of Liberal Government
[ad_1] At a time when the very function of government is being destroyed from within, an extraordinary historical documentary, “Drop Dead City,” puts the workings and responsibilities of government front...
The Best Books We Read This Week
[ad_1] Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. [ad_2] Source link
The Quest to Build a Perfect Protein Bar
[ad_1] In the past seventy-five years in America, the nutritional bar has gone from niche to mainstream. In the fifties, Bob Hoffman, of York, Pennsylvania, known as “the father of...
How Much Should You Know About Your Child Before He’s Born?
[ad_1] When the writer Amanda Hess was twenty-nine weeks pregnant with her first child, her doctor, looking at an ultrasound, “saw something he did not like.” He suspected a rare...
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
[ad_1] Crumb, by Dan Nadel (Scribner). In this diligently researched biography, the graphic novel finds its forebear in the cartoonist Robert Crumb. The book chronicles Crumb’s aberrant life and career,...