Tag: Pulitzer Prize
The New York Times’ unethical war on Chassidic schools
Few members of the general public pay much attention to Pulitzer Prizes. Like most such competitions, they are subjectively decided and often say more about intellectual fashion than excellence in journalism and the arts...
Fictional account of Netanyahu family in America wins Pulitzer Prize
A satirical novel based on the true story of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s father searching for a job in academia in the United States has won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
The Netanyahus: An Account...
May 27, 1915: The writer Herman Wouk, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, was born
On May 27, 1915, the writer Herman Wouk was born, who died in May 2019 shortly after his 104th birthday. Among his best-known writings are "The Mutiny of the Caine" and "A Girl of...
May 7, 1912: Columbia University approved plans to award the first Pulitzer Prizes on...
Columbia University approved plans to award the first Pulitzer Prizes on this date in 1912, one year after the death of Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-born Jewish journalist and newspaper publisher who left a $2...
Toni Morrison, who accused Israel of ‘liquidation of the Palestinian nation,’ dies at 88
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison died on Monday at the age of 88, announced the publishing company Alfred A. Knopf, adding that the cause was complications from pneumonia.
One of America’s greatest novelists, her 1987 book Beloved won a Pulitzer...
‘Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’ wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Tree of Life shooting
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize on Monday for breaking-news reporting, covering the October 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, where 11 Jewish...