Out and About: Banned Books in Jordan; ‘Finnegans Wake’ in Yiddish
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
By Ezra Glinter November 22, 2010
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The L.A. Times explores Jordan’s premiere destination for banned books.
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The Wire creator David Simon talks about his father Bernard Simon, a “professional Jew” and the public relations director of B’nai B’rith for more than 20 years.
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New York’s Kehila Kedosha Janina is the last Greek synagogue in the Western Hemisphere.
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Philip Glass is writing a new opera based on Franz Kafka’s “The Trial.”
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James Wolcott has some harsh words for Cynthia Ozick.
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The son of one Dead Sea Scrolls expert was sentenced to six months in jail after impersonating another Dead Sea Scrolls expert.
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CNN catches up with Orthodox rapper Shyne.
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Toronto klezmer band Beyond the Pale wins big at the Canadian Folk Music Awards.
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Allan Nadler discusses Jacob Glatstein, “one of modern Yiddish literature’s richest and most original voices.”
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Speaking of original voices, how about “Finnegans Wake,” in Yiddish?
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Alfred A. Knopf is set to publish some 300 love letters written by Vladimir Nabokov to his (Jewish) wife, Vera Slonim.
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Norris Church Mailer, widow of Norman Mailer, has died.
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