Thane Rosenbaum is a novelist, essayist, and law professor (http://thanerosenbaum.com/). He is the author of two novels, The Golems of Gotham (Harper Collins 2002, and a San Francisco Chronicle Top 100 Book) and Second Hand Smoke (St. Martin’s Press 1999, and a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award), and a collection of short stories, Elijah Visible (St. Martin’s Press 1996, which received the Edward Lewis Wallant Award for the best book of Jewish-American fiction). His articles, reviews, and essays appear frequently in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

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, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the Huffington Post, among other national publications. He appears frequently at the 92nd Street Y

92nd Street Y

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 where he moderates an annual series of discussions on Jewish culture and politics. He is the John Whelan Distinguished Lecturer in Law at Fordham Law School

Fordham University

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, where he teaches human rights, legal humanities, and law and literature, and where he directs the Forum on Law, Culture & Society (http://www.ForumOnLawCultureAndSociety.org). He is the author of The Myth of Moral Justice: Why Our Legal System Fails to Do What’s Right (Harper Collins 2004), which was selected by the San Francisco Chronicle as one of the Best Books of 2004. His most recent book is an anthology entitled, Law Lit, From Atticus Finch to "The Practice": A Collection of Great Writing About the Law (The New Press 2007).

Novels

The Golems of Gotham
(HarperCollins Publishers 2002); (paperback, Harper Perennial 2003).

Second Hand Smoke
(St. Martin’s Press 1999); (paperback, St. Martin’s Griffin 2000);
(Dutch publications, Yesterday's Smoke, Bzztoh 1999).

Elijah Visible
(St. Martin’s Press 1996); (paperback, St. Martin’s Griffin 1999).

Nonfiction

The Myth of Moral Justice: Why Our Legal System Fails to Do What's Right (HarperCollins Publishers 2004); (paperback, Harper Perennial 2005).

Anthologies

Law Lit: From Atticus Finch to the Practice: A Collection of Great Writing About the Law (Editor)
(The New Press 2007).

Appearances in Documentary Films

“Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust” (Daniel Anker, director and producer).

“Forgiveness: A Time to Love & A Time to Hate” (Helen Whitney, director and producer).

Short Stories Featured on Radio

"The Maccabee of Miami Beach," Chanukah Lights 2005 and 2006, National Public Radio, December 2005.

"Cattle Car Complex," Selected Shorts (read by Mark Nelson), National Public Radio, first recorded at Symphony Space, in Manhattan, New York, April 17, 2002.

Articles

Following is a list of published articles that are available for viewing online:

• “Egypt: The Days of Rage and The Days After,” The Huffington Post (Feb. 17, 2011)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thane-rosenbaum/egypt-the-days-of-rage-an_b_824353.html

• “True Grit” and the Truth about Revenge,” The Huffington Post (Jan. 27, 2011)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thane-rosenbaum/true-grit-and-the-truth-a_b_815167.html

• Book Review: "When They Come for Us, We’ll Be Gone, by Gal Beckerman, 'A Modern David and Goliath tale,'” LA Times Book Review (Dec. 26, 2010)

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-gal-beckerman-20101226,0,1530373.story

• “A Boycott Spreads,” The Forward (Dec. 8, 2010)

http://forward.com/articles/133810/

• “Ground Zero Mosque and the Freedom from Pain,” The Huffington Post (Aug. 3, 2010)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thane-rosenbaum/ground-zero-mosque-and-th_b_669129.html

• “The Myth of the Moral Attourney,” Critical Issues Of Our Time, Centre for American Studies at the University of Western Ontario, Vol. 4 (Summer 2010)

http://cas.uwo.ca/_files/critical%20issues%20v4%20July%2010.pdf

• “Farewell, Atticus,” ABA Law Journal (Aug. 2010)

http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/farewell_atticus/

• “Remembering the Wrong Thing: The new obsession with Jewish vengeance and what it suggests,” The Jewish Week (Apr. 8, 2010)

http://www.thejewishweek.com/special_sections/yom_hashoah/yom_hashoah_remembering_wrong_thing

• An American Type, by Henry Roth, “Navigating a very human landscape; Henry Roth's 'last' novel to hit print is both self-analysis and restless study of his countrymen,” LA Times Book Review (June 28, 2010)

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/27/entertainment/la-ca-henry-roth-20100627

• God Is Not One, by Stephen Prothero, “The Many Faces of God,” LA Times Book Review (June 9, 2010)

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/09/entertainment/la-et-book9-20100609

• "INNOCENT, by Scott Turow, “Scott Turow Returns With “Innocent” (“Presumed Innocent” II), The Huffington Post (May 3, 2010)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thane-rosenbaum/scott-turow-returns-with_b_558563.html

• “Obama’s Muddled Message to Terrorists,” Forbes.com, Opinions (Apr. 5, 2010)

http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/05/terrorism-barack-obama-guantanamo-opinions-contributors-thane-rosenbaum.html

• “Obama’s Passover Seder,” The Huffington Post (Mar. 30, 2010)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thane-rosenbaum/obamas-passover-seder_b_518862.html

• “iPad, I Am,” The Huffington Post (Jan. 29, 2010)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thane-rosenbaum/ipad-i-am_b_442797.html

• “David Mamet’s ‘Race’ Against the Cultural Clock,” The Huffington Post (Dec. 9, 2009)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thane-rosenbaum/david-mamets-emraceem-aga_b_385151.html

• “Goldman Brazilian Nightmare Over: Father and Son Finally Reunited,” The Huffington Post (Dec. 25, 2009)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thane-rosenbaum/goldman-nightmare-over-fa_b_403428.html

• "Book Review: The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein, by Peter Ackroyd: Some of the Literary Titans of British Romanticism Join the Scientist in a Mystery That Also Explores the Wonders of the Creative Process," LA Times Book Review (Oct. 30, 2009)

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-book30-2009oct30,0,5454543.story

• “Evening the Score in Afghanistan: Revenge Is a Just Motive for Finishing a War They Started,” The Wall Street Journal, Op-Ed Section (Oct. 20, 2009)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704500604574481822068068860.html

• “Find Israel Guilty: The U.N’s Anti-Semitic M.O.,” Forbes.com, Opinions (Sept. 25, 2009)

http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/25/israel-united-nations-palestine-opinions-contributors-thane-rosenbaum.html

• “In the Courtroom: Torment and Dante’s Hell, Essay: Madoff’s Sentencing Provided Emotion, But Sadly, No Remorse,” The Forward (Jul. 1, 2009)

http://www.forward.com/articles/108797/

• “NYC: Too Big to Fail,” The Huffington Post (Jun. 24, 2009)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thane-rosenbaum/nyc-too-big-to-fail_b_219930.html

• “Obama at Buchenwald and Beyond,” The Huffington Post (Jun. 6, 2009)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thane-rosenbaum/obama-at-buchenwald-and-b_b_212143.html

• “The Empathy Seat on the Supreme Court, The Huffington Post (May 29, 2009)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thane-rosenbaum/the-empathy-seat-on-the-s_b_208974.html

• “Guantanamo: Redux,” The Huffington Post (May 21, 2009)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thane-rosenbaum/guantanamo-redux_b_206545.html

• “A Tale of Two Holocaust Travelers,” The Huffington Post (May 15, 2009)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thane-rosenbaum/a-tale-of-two-holocaust-t_b_203800.html

• "Will the Real Liberals Please Stand Up? Book Review: The Future of Liberalism, by Alan Wolfe," The Washington Post (Mar. 1, 2009)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022701025.html

• "For Israel, Everyday Is Groundhog Day," The Jerusalem Post (Jan. 15, 2009)

http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=129331

• "The War on Terror Has Not Gone Away," Wall Street Journal (Dec. 28, 2008)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123051096073438417.html

• "Mazel Tov, Mr. President-Elect! Now Do We Have Some Advice for You," The Forward (Nov. 14, 2008); TheForward.com (Nov. 7, 2008)

http://www.forward.com/articles/14510/

• "Book Review: What Can I Do When Everything's on Fire? A Novel by António Lobo Antunes," LA Times (Oct. 5, 2008)

http://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/05/entertainment/ca-lobo-antunes5

• "Approach With Caution," LA Times (Oct. 5, 2008)

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-lobo-antunes5-2008oct05,0,281896.story

• "Victory Is an Orphan in Iraq," Wall Street Journal (Sept. 17, 2008)

http://www.jmhinternational.com/news/news/selectednews/files/2008/09/20080918_WSJ_VictoryIsAnOrphanInIraq.pdf

• "The President Has Kept Us Safe," Wall Street Journal (May 30, 2008)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121210782810831309.html

• "Balance Still Due on Holocaust," NY Sun (May 5, 2008)

http://law.fordham.edu/ihtml/news-2itndetails.ihtml?id=638&nid=768

• "Sarkozy's Brave Move," NY Sun (Feb. 25, 2008)

http://www.nysun.com/opinion/sarkozys-brave-move/71759/

• "Losing Count," NY Times (June 14, 2007)

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/14/opinion/14rosenbaum.html?_r

• "Revealing, Concealing," LA Times (Apr. 22, 2007)

http://articles.latimes.com/2007/apr/22/books/bk-rosenbaum22

• "We the Jury Find We Can't Get Enough," LA Times (Apr. 12, 2007)

http://articles.latimes.com/2007/apr/12/opinion/oe-rosenbaum12

• "Detecting Deeper Meaning," NY Sun (Feb. 21, 2007)

http://www.nysun.com/arts/detecting-deeper-meaning/48974

• "Looking Back at a Musical Milestone" NY Sun (Nov. 8, 2006)

http://www.nysun.com/arts/looking-back-at-a-musical-milestone/43088/

• "Iran's Caricature of a Contest," LA Times (Aug. 20, 2006)

http://articles.latimes.com/2006/aug/20/opinion/op-rosenbaum20

• "The Avenger," LA Times (Aug. 13, 2006)

http://articles.latimes.com/2006/aug/13/books/bk-rosenbaum13

• "Red State Jews," Wall Street Journal (Aug. 13, 2006)

http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110008788

• "We the Jury Find We Can’t Get Enough," LA Times (Aug. 12, 2006)

http://articles.latimes.com/p/2007/apr/12/news/oe-rosenbaum12apr12

• "Passion of Mel Gibson: The Acting," NY Sun (Aug. 1, 2006)

http://www.nysun.com/opinion/passion-of-mel-gibson-the-acting/37077/

• "A Lethal Homecoming," LA Times (June 25, 2006)

http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jun/25/books/bk-rosenbaum25

• "Looking Back to Move Forward," LA Times (Aug. 28, 2005)

http://articles.latimes.com/2005/aug/28/books/bk-rosenbaum28

• "Drawing on the Truth to Expose the Lie," LA Times (May 29, 2005)

http://articles.latimes.com/2005/may/29/books/bk-rosenbaum29

• "Is Court a Place for Morals?," LA Times (Mar. 30, 2005)

http://articles.latimes.com/2005/mar/30/opinion/oe-rosenbaum30

• "Instinct Beats Analysis, So Think Fast," LA Times (Jan. 10, 2005)

http://articles.latimes.com/2005/jan/10/entertainment/et-bookbox10

• "A Legacy Cut Loose," LA Times (Feb. 15, 2004)

http://articles.latimes.com/2004/feb/15/entertainment/ca-rosenbaum15

• "The Price of Forgiveness," NY Times (Nov. 8, 2003)

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F05E5DE1239F93BA35752C1A9659C8B63

• "A Skewed Vision--What's Wrong With Holocaust Movies," Wall Street Journal (Jan. 9, 2003)

http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110002876

• "The Survivor Who Survived," NY Times (Oct. 12, 2002)

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/12/opinion/the-survivor-who-survived.html

• "Remembering Chaim Potok," LA Times (Aug. 4, 2002)

http://articles.latimes.com/2002/aug/04/books/bk-rosenbaum4

• "Those Hilarious Nazis," LA Times (May 20, 2001)

http://articles.latimes.com/2001/may/20/entertainment/ca-193

• "It's Appropriate to Respond Irrationally to the Irrational," LA Times (Dec. 2, 1999)

http://articles.latimes.com/1999/dec/02/local/me-39706

• "Imagining a Life After the Unimaginable," NY Times (Apr. 19, 1998)

http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/19/movies/film-imagining-a-life-after-the-unimaginable.html

• "Questions in Shadows of 'Shine,'" NY Times (Mar. 2, 1997)

http://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/02/movies/questions-in-shadows-of-shine.html

Prizes & Awards

• San Francisco Chronicle Top 100 Books of 2004 for The Myth of Moral Justice: Why Our Legal System Fails to Do What's Right.
• San Francisco Chronicle Top 100 Books of 2002 for The Golems of Gotham.
• Finalist, National Jewish Book Award 1999 for Second Hand Smoke.
• Edward Lewis Wallant Award 1996, Best Book of Jewish-American Fiction for Elijah Visible.