Alan Dershowitz Won’t Forget What Larry David Did to Him
IdeasAlan Dershowitz Won’t Forget What Larry David Did to HimHe has new friends on Martha’s Vineyard. But his tales of cancellation have not subsided.By Mark LeibovichTony Luong for The AtlanticAugust 18, 2026, 8 AM ET ShareSave Here it is, August on Martha’s Vineyard, and Alan Dershowitz has barely been heard from.Well, that’s not exactly true. He has been heard from on many topics—because Dershowitz is who he is, and pretty much anyone can join Substack, and TV bookers can be hard to resist.
- ▪IdeasAlan Dershowitz Won’t Forget What Larry David Did to HimHe has new friends on Martha’s Vineyard.
- ▪But his tales of cancellation have not subsided.By Mark LeibovichTony Luong for The AtlanticAugust 18, 2026, 8 AM ET ShareSave Here it is, August on Martha’s Vineyard, and Alan Dershowitz has barely been heard from.Well, that’s not exactly
- ▪He has been heard from on many topics—because Dershowitz is who he is, and pretty much anyone can join Substack, and TV bookers can be hard to resist.
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IdeasAlan Dershowitz Won’t Forget What Larry David Did to HimHe has new friends on Martha’s Vineyard. But his tales of cancellation have not subsided.By Mark LeibovichTony Luong for The AtlanticAugust 18, 2026, 8 AM ET ShareSave Here it is, August on Martha’s Vineyard, and Alan Dershowitz has barely been heard from.Well, that’s not exactly true. He has been heard from on many topics—because Dershowitz is who he is, and pretty much anyone can join Substack, and TV bookers can be hard to resist. Still, he has said little publicly about the maddening injustice he’s faced in recent years: his annual summer shunning at the hands of the island’s liberal social gentry.
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