History
Wise Fridays: Abolish Wars
“It is hard to do justice to the originality of men who, in the eighth century BCE, untutored by the ...
The Opposite of a Scandal
As far as I can tell, there are two kinds of scandals. There’s the “I can’t believe that someone who ...
How to Get Fired in Hollywood/Paris
Admitting anti-Semitism is not a good career move. Unless, I guess, you work in early 1940s Germany, or maybe contemporary ...
Baruch Hashem!
I say Baruch Hashem a lot. It means, basically, thank God, and since I went to a very religious high ...
Don’t Compare Yourself to the Gestapo
You know what I try to avoid? Calling myself a Nazi. I mean, for one thing, it would be false ...
Yes, Jews Owned Slaves
So, an article I wrote about the Jews of Suriname was published in the Washington Post over the weekend. And ...
This Storm is What We Call Progress
Earlier this week, Michael David Lukas shared a list of his top ten favorite Jews of all time and his ...
Love Story of the Day
I don’t ever get a chance to watch morning talk shows. Either I’m at work or I’m sleeping until noon. ...
The Stranger’s Notebook
Michael David Lukas will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning’s Author Blog. His first book, The ...
A Style Guide for Nazis
If you’re busy running a fascist dictatorship you really have to control a lot of things–including design elements and branding ...