By Jenny Hendrix
The tabloid photographer Weegee was a chronicler of tenements and stoops, places where someone could glance up from the funny papers and watch a body hit the ground.
Read More
By Jenny Hendrix
A new book examines the role Jewish immigrants played in opposing Prohibition. Does it say more about Jews or about the broader American culture?
Read More
By Jenny Hendrix
The groundbreaking PBS series ‘Prohibition’ depicts Jews as being caught in the crosshairs of a cultural movement that redefined their identity as new Americans.
Read More
By Jenny Hendrix
It is peculiar, in a film based on the tendency of people to act wrongfully, for all the characters to do exactly what is right.
Read More
