Out and About: Woodstock in Jerusalem; Seinfeld on Twitter
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
By Ezra Glinter July 18, 2011
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Jo Ellen Green Kaiser ponders the death of JDub and the future of new Jewish media, if there is one.
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How William L. Shirer, author of “Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,” was a better journalist than historian.
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Jerusalem celebrates a Woodstock revival.
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Jerry Seinfeld has joined Twitter.
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Today is the 17th anniversary of the bombing of the AMIA building in Argentina. Read an excerpt from Ilan Stavans’s fotonovela about the bombing here.
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“Litzberg on the Attersee,” a painting by Gustav Klimt stolen by the Nazis, is expected to sell for more than $25 million.
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Do you want to star in a Tel Aviv lesbian film festival promo? Now’s your chance!
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On the second episode of the eight season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” is Larry David getting in touch with his feminine side?
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How a Neo Nazi girl group learned to chill out and stop hating so much, thanks to marijuana.
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A new book uncovers the details of Sigmund Freud’s cocaine addiction.
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Hit songwriter Jerry Ragovoy has died at age 80.
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