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Out and About: Jews and 9/11; ‘Old Mother’ Mandelbaum

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Ezra Glinter

By Ezra Glinter September 8, 2011

  • Smithsonian Mag revisits the life and crimes of one of the Lower East Side’s most notorious criminals, “Old Mother” Mandelbaum.

  • Yahoo! News spotlights the Ger Mandolin Orchestra.

  • Adam Kirsch reflects on the lingering anti-Semitic associations of 9/11.

  • A Jewish life insurance salesman has unveiled a four-tonne steel statue in memory of 9/11 in London’s Battersea Park.

  • Edward Rothstein surveys the full range of 9/11 commemorations.

  • Lviv is getting rid of its last traces of Jewish life.

  • Daphne Merkin reviews Steve Semberg’s “The Emperor of Lies,” a novelistic exploration of reviled Lodz Ghetto leader Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski.

  • Neil Diamond is among the recipients of this year’s John F. Kennedy Honors.

  • Experimental filmmaker George Kuchar has died.

  • Socalled unveils his latest album September 10 at DROM. Read The Arty Semite’s review here.

  • Mark your calendars for the Forward’s next Jewish Art for the New Millennium performance on September 18, featuring Marc Ribot, Ammiel Alcalay and Jessica Lurie at The Living Theater.

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

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