By Raphael Magarik
‘The Jesus Discovery’ is the latest entry into the ‘historical Jesus’ sweepstakes. It uses archeological evidence to paint a portrait of a much more ordinary savior.
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By Benjamin Ivry
May 20 is the 10th anniversary of biologist/author Stephen Jay Gould’s death. His work is distinctive for moral concerns, derived directly from his Jewish background.
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By Gordon Haber
Novelist Seth Greenland takes readers on a heat-blasted sojourn into the Mojave Desert, an unforgiving place where only the heartless recover from their own mistakes.
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By Mark Oppenheimer
Lillian Hellman was brilliant, courageous and, above all, interesting, a new book reveals. Hate her if you must, but don’t reduce her, writes Mark Oppenheimer.
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By Eitan Kensky
The visceral responses to a conference on ‘Jews and the Left’ demonstrated the challenges of incorporating the left into Jewish history, and divisions over Israel.
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By Amy Klein
SUMMER FILM: There’s still something so very Jewy about all of Jason Segel’s characters, even if Tom’s the only one who is officially a Member of the Tribe.
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By Philologos
Philologos thought he found a misprint in ‘Moby Dick.’ Turns out, it was a tangled web of errors, unless Herman Melville was a Talmudic scholar in deep disguise.
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By Jerome Chanes
The creation of serious Hebrew poetry in the America of the first half of the 20th century is a well-kept secret. Alan Mintz’s new book examines the little-known movement.
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By Jordana Horn
SUMMER FILM: It’s been almost 10 years since ‘Yossi and Jagger’ came out (no pun intended) to rave reviews. Now Israeli director Eytan Fox has a follow-up to the gay drama.
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By Tom L. Freudenheim
SUMMER FILM: ‘Portrait of Wally’ tells the shaggy-dog story of the eponymous 1912 Egon Schiele painting: Its theft by a Nazi art dealer and the owners’ efforts to get it back.
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