Iris Blasi
By Iris Blasi
-
Culture Varian Fry’s Mission of Mercy
Villa Air-Bel: World War II, Escape, and a House in Marseille By Rosemary Sullivan HarperCollins, 544 pages $26.95. Varian Fry arrived in France in 1940 with $3,000 taped to his leg and a list containing the names of 200 European intellectuals believed to be wanted by the Nazis. He planned on staying three weeks. He…
-
Culture End of an Era
Who owns history? That question has proved to be a thorny one regarding the treasure trove of archives that once lived in New York City at 31 East 7th Street. The contents of that building are the remnants of the now-defunct Hebrew Actors Union, and, with the union officially disbanded, issues of ownership of the…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Who is Ella Emhoff? How Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter could affect her run for president
- 2
Opinion Jewish Republicans are smearing Kamala Harris as anti-Israel. Here’s why you shouldn’t buy it
- 3
News What would a Josh Shapiro vice presidency mean for American Jews and Israel?
- 4
News Doug Emhoff: What would it mean if the first first gentleman is Jewish?
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Israeli military vows to stop flow of donations to soldiers, even from their parents
-
Culture Another Nazi-looted Schiele painting has been returned to heirs of ‘Cabaret’ inspiration Fritz Grünbaum
-
Fast Forward Trump, meeting with Netanyahu, says we are ‘close’ to World War III because of Biden
-
News Angry about Gaza, will uncommitted voters commit to Kamala Harris?