A few years ago, the writer Shalom Auslander was hospitalized with a potentially fatal case of pancreatitis after taking a banned performance-enhancing drug to lose weight. If you don’t believe this, he argues, consider the fact that according to Genesis, the first human was called Adam, whose name derives from “adamah,” the Hebrew word for dirt. Auslander says he was …
When he was 7, a tiny gesture from his grandmother changed his relationship to God toggle caption Shalom Auslander This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team. “It was like growing up in a town run by Tony Soprano,” Auslander said, referring to the fictional mobster. “Because here was this somebody who knew …
Fresh Air Weekend: Writer Shalom Auslander; 'Janet Planet' star Julianne Nicholson toggle caption Courtesy of A24 Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, as well as new program elements specially paced for weekends. This week: Writer Shalom Auslander catalogs his lifelong battle with self-contempt in 'Feh': Auslander has written for decades about growing …
Writer Shalom Auslander catalogs his lifelong battle with self-contempt in 'Feh' Auslander has written for decades about growing up in a dysfunctional household within an ultra-orthodox Jewish community. AUSLANDER: But when you're told that all the things that are happening to you or you're feeling are evil or wrong, it's 10 times worse, and you don't want to see yourself …
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers came to a compromise Friday to pass a bill defining antisemitism in state education code. The House bill used the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism, and explicitly included “contemporary examples of antisemitism” provided by the alliance, which make references to Israel. Republican state Rep. Chris Jeter, the House bill’s author, said in committee …
LONDON — Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution more than a century ago, further alienating the country from the global financial system following sanctions imposed over its war in Ukraine. In response, the Russian Finance Ministry said it would pay dollar-denominated debts in rubles and offer “the opportunity for subsequent conversion …
