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Roz Chast’s “Flavor of the Week”

Roz Chast’s “Flavor of the Week” 7

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story For the cover of the August 12, 2024, issue, the cartoonist Roz Chast—who has delighted readers since 1978 with her opinionated and peculiar takes on life’s indignities—gives ice-cream makers some suggestions…

Under the Bridge of Sighs

Under the Bridge of Sighs 13

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story We are twelve, and these are some of our choices: “Dawn of the Dead,” “The Deer Hunter,” “Hair,” “The China Syndrome,” “The Champ,” “A Little Romance,” “Superman,” “Love at First Bite,”…

Two Paths for Jewish Politics

Two Paths for Jewish Politics 21

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story My first and only experience of antisemitism in America came wrapped in a bow of care and concern. In 1993, I spent the summer in Tennessee with my girlfriend. At a…

Boys on Their Bikes

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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Stefan Ruiz was twenty-four years old and a recent graduate of U.C. Santa Cruz when he travelled to Côte d’Ivoire to help an art-history professor with a project. They went to…