Out and About: Jonathan Lethem Leaves Brooklyn; Ketubahs for All

By Ezra Glinter February 14, 2011

Novelist Jonathan Lethem, author of “Motherless Brooklyn,” leaves Brooklyn for Southern California.
Kevin Spacey unveiled his new Middle East Theater Academy in Dubai.
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Ketubahs aren’t just for Jews anymore, says Samuel Freedman in the New York Times.

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