David Mermelstein
National News
- The First ‘Rabba’ Is Given a Standing Ovation at Jewish Feminist Conference
- Jews Displaced From Arab Lands Finally Recognized
- A College With 80 Tongues Tries To Speak in One Voice
Community News
- Renewal Raises Its Sights While Resisting Any Label
- CDC Warns That Mumps May Spread
- A New Story and Better Understanding Between Israelis and Palestinians
International News
- Conversion Bill Sparks Unusual Push Back From Diaspora Jews
- Who Will Make Peace When Palestinians Are Divided?
- Kudrow Explores Her Roots and Takes Other Friends With Her
Israel News
- Are Israel’s Policies a Threat to the U.S.?
- Magen David Adom May Sever U.S. Ties
- Bill Making Many Converts Ineligible Under ‘Law of Return’ Faces Backlash
Arts & Culture
- The Mortara Case
- Out of the House of Bondage
- The Israeli Madonna
- Why Is This Night Different? Who’s Asking?
- Fussing on the Cliff
- Signposts to the Middle of Nowhere
Fast Forward
- Deconstructing Matzo
- Where Seder Ends With ‘Check, Please’
- Remember Bitter Herb?
- New E-Haggadah Brings a Fifth Child to the Table
- A Recipe for the Soul
- C-Sections: A Birthing Debate Divides New Moms
The Shmooze
- Five Questions For David Bryan
- Book of Genesis Gets 3-D Treatment
- An Award-Winning Roster for Writers Festival
- Miss Congeniality’s Mishegas
- How Curious George Fought the Nazis
- In Israel, Metallica Ticket Prices Stir Backlash
Forward Forum
- Giving Israel the Cold Shoulder
- Behind the Biden Flap
- Treating a Terrorist as a Hero
- Kosher ‘Ethical Guidelines’ Sidestepped Ethics
- A Confrontation That Was Inevitable
- Pesach on My Mind
Editorial
Israelis (And Other Jews) at The Hollywood Bowl
By David Mermelstein
Once Suppressed, Composers Enjoy Revival
By David Mermelstein
James Conlon, music director of Los Angeles Opera, and Marilyn Ziering, a Beverly Hills philanthropist, met for the first time only a year ago, but they have become fast friends. A common interest unites them: making sure that music suppressed by the Nazis and then largely forgotten — much of it by Jewish composers — gets a fair hearing.Read More
Musical Tributes to Tragedy’s Victims
By David Mermelstein
Music by those who perished in the Holocaust has lately enjoyed something of a vogue, with both Jewish and non-Jewish audiences discovering the work, and unfilled promise, of composers like Viktor Ullmann, Erwin Schulhoff, Pavel Haas and Hans Krása. But what of the music written in the aftermath the Holocaust to honor the dead?Such scores do inRead More
Listening to Classical on the ‘Cool’ Medium
By David Mermelstein
Marshall McLuhan famously termed television a “hot” medium and radio a “cool” one. The inconsistencies inherent in such artificial divisions notwithstanding, there are fundamental differences between the two. Perhaps above all, one remains the better suited to relaying, and even discussing, music.That point is made every day on radioRead More
Conductor Brings Forbidden Music to New Audiences
By David Mermelstein
It may be odd to put it this way, but James Conlon is on a crusade. During the past decade, the 54-year-old conductor, a native of Queens, N.Y., has proved to be a vigorous advocate of music suppressed by the Nazis. And this season, Conlon has made these scores a top priority, including them in virtually every program he’s leading as a guestRead More
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