Essays

Nostalgia for the Norm: Observations from the Vale and Vector of the Virus, Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood, posted 5/10/2020

The Third Line
Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood, posted 2/23/20

Witz als Waffe: Wie wir Juden den grassierenden Antisemitismus erleben, original essay written in German, Der Tagesspiegel, Dec. 17, 2019

Where Have All the Bookstores Gone?
Stadtsprachen, No. 7, Berlin, posted 9/29/2018

Berliner Taxifahrer sind eine Sorte für sich, translated into German by Werner Rauch, excerpted from my book, Ghost Dance in Berlin: A Rhapsody in Gray (Travelers’ Tales, 2013)
Glossen, German Literature and Culture After 1945, an online review (Glossen 39/2014)

After the Storm
Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood, posted 2/28/12

Beat It!
Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood, posted 1/30/11

Geschichte der Toleranzdebatte: Verbrennt nicht, was ihr nich kennt! (in German translation), an essay marking the 500th anniversary of the publication of German Humanist Johannes Reuchlin’s landmark call for religious tolerance, Die Zeit, Hamburg, Germany, 1/5/2011

Ich berlinisiere, also bin ich (in German translation)
Die Welt, Berlin, 7/1/2010

The I of the Tiger
Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood, posted 2/25/09

Where is Singer?
Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood, posted 12/13/2008

Orpheus Raising Hell: Memories of the Late Aleksander Kulisiewicz
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2008

Rough Cuts
The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, NY, March 2007

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