Selected writing
See my author page at Alma (2017-2022) here and my author page at Town & Country (2022-present) here.
Books
Why Don’t Female Spies Grow Up? (The Millions)
Taking the Road: Jewish Women’s Travel Writing (Paper Brigade vol. 4)
Modern Royal Romance Novels Show a Darker Side of the Fairytale (Town & Country)
Misogyny and Other Occupational Hazards of Women Sportswriters (The Millions)
Why Villain Schools Are Having a Pop Culture Moment (Tor.com)
The Magical Escapism of Norton Juster (Alma)
Why Is Holocaust Fiction Still So Popular? (Kveller)
Politics, explainers, & news
Young Women Are Leading Calls to Boycott the ‘Genocide Olympics’ (Teen Vogue)
How Rage Giving Became Philanthropy’s New Normal (Town & Country)
Japanese Youth Want the Olympics Canceled – Here’s Why (Teen Vogue)
Bernie Sanders Will Never Not Be Jewish (GEN)
The Complicated History of Olympic Boycotts (Teen Vogue)
Was 2023 the Year Looted Art Returned Home? (Town & Country)
Ecocide Explains How Humans Are Actively Destroying the Environment (Teen Vogue)
How Bernie Sanders Became “Zayde Bernie” (Alma)
Native American Jewish Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis Tells Us How She Made History (Kveller)
Andrea Mitchell Reflects on the Most Revealing and Tense Interviews She's Ever Done (Town & Country)
How the Holocaust Motto Never Again Became a Rallying Cry for Gun Control (JTA)
Rabbi Meir Kahane and Israel’s Far Right, Explained (JTA)
Alma’s Guide to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (14 articles, Alma)
Celebrity features & interviews
Mandy Patinkin, Death & Other Details (Town & Country)
Reid Scott, Law & Order (Town & Country)
Eugene Levy, The Reluctant Traveler (Town & Country)
Jonathan Bailey, Bridgerton (Town & Country)
Kathryn Newton, on golfing during the SAG-AFTRA strike (Town & Country)
Riley Keough & Sam Claflin, Daisy Jones & the Six (Town & Country)
Cory Michael Smith, Transatlantic (Town & Country)
Jin Ha, Pachinko (Town & Country)
Colton Ryan, New York, New York (Town & Country)
Dominic West, The Crown (Town & Country)
Golda Rosheuvel, Bridgerton (Town & Country)
Rian Johnson, Poker Face (Town & Country)
Jonathan Groff & Lea Michele, Spring Awakening (Town & Country)
Abby Ryder Fortson, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Town & Country)
Tiffany Haddish, Black Mitzvah (Alma)
Ben Barnes, Shadow & Bone (Alma)
Khalid Abdalla, The Crown (Town & Country)
Eve Best, House of the Dragon (Town & Country)
Etai Benson, Company (Alma)
Moe Jeudy-Lamour, Ted Lasso (Alma)
Jaren Lewison, Never Have I Ever (Alma)
Tony Shalhoub, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (JTA)
Judy Blume deserved her own category
Why We Still Need Judy Blume (T&C)
Tennis
Coco Gauff (Town & Country)
Frances Tiafoe (Town & Country)
Taylor Fritz (Town & Country)
Ben Shelton (Town & Country)
Billie Jean King (Town & Country)
Aryna Sabalenka (Town & Country)
Sloane Stephens (Town & Country)
Maria Sakkari (Town & Country)
Matteo Berrettini (Town & Country)
The Future of American Tennis Is Here (Town & Country)
Morgan Riddle (Town & Country)
What It’s Really Like to Attend Wimbledon (Town & Country)
(and other sports)
The Olympics Are a Disaster for Host Cities (Teen Vogue)
I Hate The Olympics, But Here’s Why I’m Still Watching (Refinery29)
Jewish athlete profiles: Yael Averbuch West (JTA), Greg Joseph (JTA), Anthony Firkser (JTA), Linoy Ashram (JTA)
We Found the (Actual) First Jewish Woman to Finish the Iditarod Sled Dog Race (JTA)
Television, Movies, Music, Awards Shows, etc.
Netflix’s Transatlantic Reminds Viewers How History Repeats Itself (Town & Country)
Why Shōgun Had to Be Told in Japanese (Town & Country)
Inside the Buccaneers Music Team's Mission to "Out-Bridgerton Bridgerton" (Town & Country)
It's the Summer of the Status Concert (Town & Country)
How The Crown Actors Learned to Walk and Talk Like the Royal Family (Town & Country)
How the Daisy Jones & the Six Cast Became Rockstars: “Art Imitates Life” (Town & Country)
Go Behind the Scenes of Shadow and Bone with Jessie Mei Li (Town & Country)
Stage Fright is an Intimate Portrait of Jenny Slate (Alma)
How Poker Face Inverts the Traditional Murder Mystery Show (Town & Country)
The Joy of Pachinko's Opening Credits (Town & Country)
Jojo Rabbit doesn’t glorify Nazis — it’s a lesson in how hate is taught (JTA)
Love You Forever, Schitt’s Creek (Alma)
Go Behind the Scenes of Conversations with Friends with Alison Oliver (Town & Country)
Is The Bachelor Just a Christian Dating Show Now? (Alma)
Orthodox Rapper Nissim Black Reintroduces Himself to the World (Alma)
The Buccaneers Creator Knows Why You (Still) Love Period Dramas (Town & Country)
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Gave Us the Nuanced Jewish Heroine We Needed (Alma)
BlacKkKlansman is Required Viewing About Antisemitism Today (Alma)
Personal essays
The Protests at Harvey Weinstein’s Trial Finally Felt Like Catharsis (Alma)
My Night in the Same Room as Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Alma)
When the High Holiday Liturgy Feels All Too Real (Alma)
You Will Notice I Am a Jewish Woman (Alma)
The Cathartic Joy of Bernie Sanders Memes (Alma)
Notes from the Summer of Tie-Dye (Alma)
How I Keep Calm: the Mamma Mia Cinematic Universe (Alma)
‘Next Year In Person,’ Once More with Feeling (Alma)
Author interviews
Melissa Faliveno, Tomboyland (No Tokens Journal)
Anthony Horowitz, The Twist of a Knife (Town & Country)
Francisco Goldman, Monkey Boy (Alma)
Jodi Kantor, She Said (JTA)
Tovah Feldshuh, Lilyville (Kveller)
Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic (Alma)
Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea (Bustle)
Julia Quinn, Bridgerton (Town & Country)
Shaul Magid, Meir Kahane (JTA)
Bess Kalb, Nobody Will Tell You This But Me (Alma)
Howard Jacobson, Live a Little (JTA)
and many, many more…
Shopping & fashion
Amanda Seyfried’s Holiday Gift Guide (Town & Country)
T&C Tried & True: MZ Wallace Large Metro Tote Is Your New Go-To Travel Bag (Town & Country)
Karlie Kloss Shares Her Motherhood Essentials (Town & Country)
A Comprehensive Guide to Taylor Swift’s NFL Era Style (Town & Country)
Dressing Like the Ralph Lauren Polo Bear Is the Latest TikTok Fashion Trend (Town & Country)
How Rachel Brosnahan Got Ready for the 2023 Met Gala (Town & Country)
Dr. Jill Biden's Inauguration Outfits (Plus the Masks!) Are Added to the Smithsonian (Town & Country)
Get Ready with Zooey Deschanel for the Rosie Assoulin NYFW Show (Town & Country)
Paige Lorenze Shares Her US Open Essentials (Town & Country)
The 30 Best Gifts for Taylor Swift Fans (Town & Country)
Great British Baking Show Judge Prue Leith Shares Her Favorite Things (Town & Country)
Isaac Mizrahi Shares What He Can't Live Without (Town & Country)
A very, very small snippet of royals coverage
In Canada, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Remind the World of Their Impact (Town & Country)
Prince William's Visit to New York City Begins with a Rainy Afternoon in the Water (Town & Country)
Meghan Markle Delivers Powerful Speech About Her Journey to Activism at the Ms. Foundation Gala (Town & Country)
Prince Michael of Greece Reflects on Modern Royal Life (Town & Country)
In Spare, Prince Harry Paints a Full Portrait of King Charles as a Father (Town & Country)
Kate Middleton's Coronation Fashion Sent a Clear Message (Town & Country)
Prince William Charms Crowds of New Yorkers (Town & Country)
Everything You Need to Know About the Coronation of King Charles (Town & Country)
See the Seating Chart for the British Royal Family at the Queen's Funeral (Town & Country)
The 17 Moments You Missed from King Charles III's Coronation (Town & Country)
The Biggest Revelations From Prince Harry's Memoir Spare (Town & Country)
All the Controversies Surrounding Netflix's Harry & Meghan, Explained (Town & Country)
Royal Photographer Chris Jackson Shares How He's Preparing for King Charles's Coronation (Town & Country)
Queen Charlotte and King George III's Family Tree (Town & Country)
And just for fun
The 21 Weirdest Things We Learned from Prince Harry’s Memoir (Town & Country)
Does the Great British Baking Show Know What Challah Is? (The Nosher)
Let’s Have a Nora Ephron Autumn (Alma)
The Gwyneth Paltrow Trial Hinges on Ski Slope Etiquette (Town & Country)
The Internet Can’t Get Enough of Dayenu (Alma)
Are the Jewish mobsters referenced in ‘The Irishman’ real? (JTA)
I’m Simply Obsessed with Jürgen (Alma)
Fact-Checking The Rugrats Hanukkah Special (Alma)