Out and About: Jewish Films Honored in Berlin; Painting Rahm Emanuel With Pancakes
By Ezra Glinter February 24, 2011
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How one of the most popular Jewish books of the modern era explained everything from Kabbalah to cosmology, astronomy, geography, botany, zoology and medicine.
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Novelist David Bezmozgis and filmmaker Richard J. Lewis exchange letters on “Barney’s Version.”
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Will Justin Timberlake star in the upcoming Three Stooges movie?
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A film about Europe’s largest Jewish cemetery and two Israeli movies were honored at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival.
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Paintings of Rahm Emanuel, covered with pancakes, bagels, challah, and other assorted foodstuffs.
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Does the Jewlicious Festival, which kicks off today in Long Beach and Los Angeles, have enough female artists?
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Christopher Hitchens explains how “The King’s Speech” glosses over British appeasement of Nazi Germany.
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Argentine-born film composer Lalo Schifrin discusses his life’s work.
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A Russian re-write of “The Lord of the Rings” from the point of view of Mordor has been translated into English by one Yisroel Markov.
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A Brooklyn photographer visits Oswiecim.
Correction: A previous version of the post erroneously stated that composer Lalo Schifrin had died. He is in fact alive and well.
