Out and About: The New York Times Goes to KlezKamp; New Hanukkah Song From Matisyahu

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By Ezra Glinter November 29, 2010

Casting has begun for an Israeli version of Sex and the City.
The latest issue of Jewish Quarterly features articles on Charlie Chaplin, Bob Dylan, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, and Prostitution in Yiddish Song.
At ZEEK, Louis Greenspan re-discovers Jewish philosopher Salomon Maimon.
The New York Times discovers KlezKamp.
Ingrid Pitt, a British horror movie star and Holocaust survivor, has died.

Zackary Sholem Berger offers a personal view of contemporary Yiddish literature.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation talks to Jerry Stiller about stand-up comedy.
Lee Siegel writes about Saul Bellow’s sense of play.
And Matisyahu, who is performing tonight at Brooklyn Bowl, has a new Hanukkah song appropriately titled “Miracle”:

Ezra Glinter is the critic-at-large of the Forward.

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