← All Authors
Journalist and Policy Writer

Abby Wisse Schachter

11 articles 1997–2013

Abby Wisse Schachter is a journalist and author who contributed articles to The Weekly Standard spanning from 1997 to 2013. Her pieces for the magazine covered a range of topics including Jewish culture, Israel, food, and public policy. She is also known for her writing on regulatory issues and parenting policy.

The New Paternalism

April 26, 2013 · Abby Wisse Schachter, Blog

Paternalism is having a good run these days.

Boom Times on Hold

April 18, 2011 · Natural Gas, Abby Wisse Schachter, drilling

Wayne County, Pa. The landmen who came here three years ago weren’t counting on Betty Sutliff. Representatives of energy heavy-hitters like Chesapeake, Hess, Newfield, and XTO came to northeastern Pennsylvania to get property owners to sign leases to allow gas exploration and drilling on their…

War of the Moms

February 21, 2011 · Parenting, Abby Wisse Schachter, Magazine

If Amy Chua didn’t get exactly the daughters she wanted, she certainly got her wish as a writer: to have a bestselling book and her name on everyone’s lips. The cause of her cause célèbre is her parenting memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (Penguin, 256 pp., $25.95), which chronicles her…

Food, Glorious Food

June 22, 2009 · Abby Wisse Schachter, Magazine, Books and Arts

The Food of a Younger Land

Flex Time

February 23, 2009 · Abby Wisse Schachter, Magazine, Books and Arts

The Jewish Body

Out of Mind

March 17, 2008 · Abby Wisse Schachter, Magazine, Books and Arts

Erased

Friends in Need

March 26, 2007 · Abby Wisse Schachter, Magazine, Books and Arts

A Match Made in Heaven

A Jewish Heroine

November 20, 2006 · Magazine, Abby Wisse Schachter, Books and Arts

Emma Lazarus