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.
Forward contributing editor Ilan Stavans talks about putting together the Norton Anthology of Latino Literature.

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Ketubahs aren’t just for Jews anymore, says Samuel Freedman in the New York Times.

Tablet Magazine profiles 19th-century actress Adah Isaacs Menken.
The ship that inspired “Moby Dick” has been found.
Laura Miller questions how we read the Bible.

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

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