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Articles by Rachel Gordan
Interview
Jewish Life in the City: An Interview with Deborah Dash Moore
Deborah Dash Moore has played a pioneering role in the study of Jews and in establishing the field of American Jewish history. Only with difficulty …
By Rachel Gordan
Interview
Technology, Memory, and Jewish History: An Interview with Novelist Dara Horn
What are the proper limits of technology in our personal lives? Dara Horn’s new novel, A Guide for the Perplexed, takes up this question as …
By Rachel Gordan
Essay
On Anti-Semitic Tropes and the Naming of the Federal Reserve Chair
In a scene from the 2010 film The Social Network, the actor who portrays Larry Summers brushes off the WASPy Winklevoss twins, who come to …
By Rachel Gordan
Report
When Was the Last Time a Rabbi Prayed at a Presidential Inauguration?
Last week, President Obama’s inaugural committee caused quite a stir after it announced who would be praying during the president’s second inauguration. Myrlie Evers-Williams, …
By Rachel Gordan