Authors / Helen Betya Rubinstein

Review
Against Impossibility
Who benefits when we decide—or accept—that the splinters of history are “beyond repair”?
Helen Betya Rubinstein
June 21, 2022

Photo Essay
Travesty Show
An illustrated correspondence
Nicholas Muellner and Helen Betya Rubinstein
November 30, 2021

Essay
This Is Not a #YomHaShoah Instagram Post
If I give you my grandparents’ stories, what will you do with them, dear “followers,” and friends, and “friends”?
Helen Betya Rubinstein
April 8, 2021

Conversation
Vexed Solidarities
Cathy Park Hong discusses the insidiousness of American success narratives, white shame, and the difficulty of defining Asian America.
Helen Betya Rubinstein
June 24, 2020

Review
Not Another Holocaust Book
Sheila Heti’s Motherhood addresses a family’s post-Holocaust grief—without addressing the Shoah outright.
Helen Betya Rubinstein
June 26, 2018