Out and About: Saul Bellow’s Politics; iTalmud, Reviewed

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By Ezra Glinter March 7, 2011

Ruth R. Wisse reflects on decades of political disputes with Saul Bellow.
James Levine will be leaving his post as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Rahm Emanuel talks to the Tribune about his plans for the arts in Chicago.

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Former Pink Floyd bassist and singer Roger Waters has decided to boycott Israel.
DovBear reviews the iTalmud for the iPad.

Suze Rotolo, early girlfriend and muse to Bob Dylan, has died.
A fashion show in Ramallah has drawn the ire of Hamas.
The longlist for this year’s JQ Wingate Prize has been announced.
Gabriel Brownstein on the ups and downs of being a Jewish writer.

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

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