December 2014
- After drawing BDS backlash, progressive Jewish writer Peter Beinart apologizes for speaking at Tel Aviv U(JTA) — Peter Beinart began his first social media post after his latest speaking engagement with an apology. “By speaking earlier this week at Tel Aviv University, I made a serious mistake,” the progressive Jewish writer posted on X, a day after a scheduled appearance at the Israeli school. The morning before, he had defended... […]
- The gift Tom Stoppard gave to me — and to all who adore himIn 2022, during a reporting trip to London, I had tea with a source who confessed to me that her mother’s central interest was the work of Tom Stoppard. It was more than an interest, really: “He was the main thing in her life,” she said. There are artists you admire, and then there are... […]