Out and About: Jacob Frank, False Messiah; Joseph Cedar’s Triumph at Cannes
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
By Ezra Glinter May 23, 2011
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Allan Nadler reviews “The Mixed Multitude,” a study of “serial apostate, sexual deviant, messianic pretender and chameleonic charlatan” Jacob Frank.
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Sara Ivry interviews David Unger about his novel “The Price of Escape,” the story of a German- Jewish refugee’s misadventures in Guatemala.
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Filmmaker Saul Sudin on Lars Von Trier’s disgrace, and Joseph Cedar’s triumph, at Cannes.
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Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris” is burning up the box office.
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Conductor James Levine should retire from The Met, argues Anthony Tommasini.
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“To Life: A Broadway Celebration of Jewish Life” gets a rave review in Toronto.
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Israeli MKs are seeking to revoke state funding from orchestras that perform at the Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, Germany.
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Oscar-winning songwriter Joseph Brooks, who was facing charges for sexual assault, has killed himself.
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