New York Magazine - USA (2019-09-16)

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.