16 new york | september16–29, 2019
intelligencer
145 minuteswith...
Bari Weiss
A bookpartyoccasionsa gathering
of themoderatechic.
byboriskachka
B
ari weiss—editor, Times
columnist, Twitter piñata,
extrovert, and now author—
began the launch party for her
first book, How to Fight Anti-
Semitism, with an introduction. Stand-
ing by the window in a private room of
the Lambs Club on the night of Septem-
ber 10 in a yellow-on-black floral-print
dress from Saks, she turned to her aunt
and said, “Aunt Betty, meet Shari Red-
stone, queen of all media!”
“I’m so proud of her,” said Redstone,
the new chair of ViacomCBS. The daisy
chain that led to Redstone’s invitation
exemplified the particular mix of guests
who made this night different from all
other nights. Redstone and Weiss met at
a dinner thrown by Richard Plepler—
the former HBO chief executive and
Photograph by Victor Llorente
Weiss at home before leaving for the Lambs Club.