The Life of a Child Chef

Plus: Benjamin Netanyahu’s indictment, race in the Democratic primaries, and a film about Mr. Rogers’s heroism. View in browser | Update your preferences Personal History My Life as a Child Chef For a bullied kid with weight issues, haute cuisine provided an escape. By Adam Shatz Daily Comment Benjamin Netanyahu Is Indicted, and Israel’s Democracy Is at Risk The temptation to draw parallels between Netanyahu’s Israel and Trump’s America is irresistible. But America’s democratic institutions are more numerous and established than Israel’s. By Bernard Avishai Politics and More Podcast On and Off the Debate Stage, Democrats Contend with Race Jelani Cobb joins Eric Lach to discuss this week’s Democratic debate, and how the candidates are attempting to connect with voters of color. Fiction “Arizona” “Our silences really, not our voices, engaged in conversation. Though I hear you singing. Softly. Clearly.” By John Edgar Wideman PAID POST The Innocents, a masterful novel by acclaimed author Michael Crummey The Wall Street Journal has praised The Innocents as “extraordinary.” And Emma Donoghue, author of Room says it’s “gripping.” Now it’s your turn to discover Michael Crummey’s powerful exploration of a sibling bond pushed to the limit. Read an excerpt Culture and More The Front Row The Heroism of Mr. Rogers in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” In Marielle Heller’s film, Rogers comes off as a sage, a virtual philosopher with a tone appropriate for children but with ideas of a revelatory depth for all ages. By Richard Brody Cultural Comment Should the Parthenon Marbles Be Returned to Greece? This past May, I was invited to the Hay Festival, in Wales, and my interlocutor put me on the spot by asking where I stood on the Elgin Marbles. By Mary Norris Under Review The Violent Insights of Bohumil Hrabal This fall brings two new translations of the author’s work, “All My Cats” and “Why I Write?,” which stand like bookends at the far edges of his prolific career. By Becca Rothfeld The Pictures Peter Sarsgaard’s Strange Frequencies The star of the movie “The Sound of Silence” analyzes the amplified huffs, puffs, and footfalls beneath Prospect Park’s Meadowport Arch. By Naomi Fry Humor from The New Yorker Blitt’s Kvetchbook Scenes from the Impeachment Hearings Sketches of the House Intelligence Committee inquiry, live-drawn from Google Images. By Barry Blitt Puzzles Dept. The Weekend Crossword Pulitzer-winning playwright who was born in a hotel and died in a hotel: six letters. By Elizabeth C. Gorski Sign up for more newsletters from The New Yorker. Visit The New Yorker shop. Question about your subscription? Contact Customer Care. New Yorker digital subscribers get unlimited access to everything on newyorker.com. Log in to your account here. We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to TNYinbox@newyorker.com. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, NewYorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.