Julie Salamon (New York Times best-selling author) sits down with editor and author Adam Moss. Adam was the editor of New York magazine, The New York Times Magazine, and 7 Days. As editor of New York, he also oversaw the creation of five digital magazines: Vulture, The Cut, Daily Intelligencer, Grub Street, and The Strategist. […]
Join the American Jewish Historical Society and NYU’s Center for the Study of Antisemitism for a book talk on Hollywood’s Unofficial Film Corps: American Jewish Moviemakers and the War Effort with author Michael Berkowitz and moderator Avinoam Patt. It has long been known that Hollywood was actively involved in shaping US public opinion during World […]
Online in person Join AJHS and the Museum at Eldridge Street for a conversation with co-author of The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai Melissa R. Klapper and moderator Zev Eleff. The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai was edited by Dianne Ashton z”l and Melissa R. Klapper and is available from NYU Press. Emma Mordecai lived […]
First Lady of Laughs tells the story of Jean Carroll, the first Jewish woman to become a star in the field we now call stand-up comedy. Though rarely mentioned among the pantheon of early stand-up comics such as Henny Youngman and Lenny Bruce, Jean Carroll rivaled or even outshone the male counterparts of her heyday, […]
