Ani Wilcenski

Jun 2, 2024 | tabletmag.com | Ani Wilcenski

Arielle Dombasle seems capable of almost anything. She is a singer, actress, director, model, and burlesque dancer widely considered a gay icon and a creative muse. She has inspired the work of legendary film directors like Eric Rohmer and Alain Robbe-Grillet, inspired some of the world’s great fashion designers including Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Lacroix, and Thierry Mugler, released 10 albums and 21 singles, and directed four movies herself.

Nov 9, 2023 | tabletmag.com | Ani Wilcenski

I committed a red wedding of sorts on my social media a few days after Oct. 7. I’d been following a lot of people whose views I detested, whom I never hung out with, and in some cases didn’t even particularly like, out of a vague commitment to social pleasantries. But, stewing in anger as I watched them rain internet blows upon Israel for its “war crimes” two days after terrorists murdered 1,400 innocent people, I realized that I’m actually just fine chopping these people out of my online life.

Nov 6, 2023 | tabletmag.com | Tony Badran |Stephanie Butnick |Liel Leibovitz |Park MacDougald |Sheila Nazarian |Alana Newhouse | +7 more

Kathryn Wolf: Use Your RageIzabella Tabarovsky: Let Russian Jews LeadLiel Leibovitz: Get a GunMy whole life, I hated public speaking so much that I would feel queasy introducing myself to a dinner party.

Oct 10, 2023 | tabletmag.com | Ani Wilcenski |Isaac de Castro

Two years ago, as conflict flared up between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Jews across America logged onto Instagram to watch as everyone they knew posted a “Free Palestine” graphic. Within days, Dua Lipa, Bella Hadid, classmates, professors, and friends all became geopolitical experts with axes to grind against Israel, Zionism, and their Jewish peers.

Jul 25, 2023 | tabletmag.com | Ani Wilcenski

“Why do you look dirty?” asked my mom when I got in her car. In the rearview mirror, 20 other teenagers stood on the front stairs, solemnly waving goodbye. Most of them were wearing maroon sweatshirts with a white “T” on the pocket. Some of them were crying. One of them, my friend Mark, cried so hard he was doubled over, hunched in the lawn away from the group while a stern woman watched him from a distance.