Anne Roiphe is a novelist and a journalist.

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Bridging the Political Divide

From a New York Jewish liberal to everyone on the other side: Our differences are real, but so are our similarities.

By Anne Roiphe · January 17, 2017

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My Husband Quit Smoking, Then He Started Again

And that was fine with me: He was a 20th-century Jew

By Anne Roiphe · September 1, 2016

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Sometimes Your Words Just Hypnotize Me

Donald Trump’s ability to dominate his supporters into a frenzy is reminiscent of a magician from a Thomas Mann story who reduces his audiences into a mindless mob

By Anne Roiphe · August 18, 2016

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Theater & Dance

L’Chaim! In Praise of Ostentatious, Vulgar, Nouveau Riche Jews Spending Money Like There’s No Tomorrow

Puritan restraint is fine, if you haven’t been unaccommodated and unwelcome elsewhere for centuries

By Anne Roiphe · April 6, 2016

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Only Adolescents Question God’s Existence

The yes or the no of it: What does it matter?

By Anne Roiphe · September 10, 2015

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Hunting the Escaped

A part of me hopes the convicted killers find peace on the run

By Anne Roiphe · June 23, 2015

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Is Zionism Racism?

Israel is not a normal state. Here’s why.

By Anne Roiphe · April 13, 2015

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How Crusaders Slaughtered the Jews of Mainz

And why Obama was only partly right in comparing Christians to ISIS

By Anne Roiphe · March 16, 2015

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A Trip to the Library

‘This is a report on a library trip to Israel from a bookish girl who is now a bookish old lady’

By Anne Roiphe · December 22, 2014

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My Jewish Feminism: A Memoir

The influential writer reflects on six decades of art, worry, and Jewish Princess jokes

By Anne Roiphe · October 1, 2014