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One hundred years ago, wealthy Chicago students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb brutally murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks. Why is popular culture obsessed with this horrific case?

We need to confront the violence of Israel’s ethnonationalist militarism.

As the horrific siege against Gaza escalates, we need to confront the violence of Israel's ethnonationalist militarism.

Tragic true-life tales often provide inspiration for songwriters to craft somber songs detailing stories of great injustice.

Although Anne’s diary was written while the family was hiding in the secret annex of her Amsterdam home her bereaved father was to downplay the Jewish aspects of the story.

PURE Theatre brings this somewhat fictionalized account of The Diary of a Young Girl, also known as The Diary of Anne Frank, to the stage this spring.

Authors from James M Cain to Patricia Highsmith show how partners in crime can really bring out the worst in each other

Anne Frank died in Bergen-Belsen. Why do men — Philip Roth, Shalom Auslander, David Gillham, Ryan Murphy — keep pretending she survived?

When the original cast of the 'The Diary of Anne Frank' heard the audience reaction, they wondered if something had gone wrong.

A new book unpacks the professional and personal relationships that informed the “Jewish literary enfranchisement” period.