Out and About

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Israel’s biggest outdoor sculpture exhibition is happening now in Jerusalem.
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Sam Roberts reviews “Jews and Booze” for The New York Times. Read Jenny Hendrix’s review of the book for the Forward here.
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Adam Kirsch leafs through the letters of Joseph Roth.
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Millionare music mogul Alan Melzer left $1 million to his driver and $500,000 to his doorman.
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On the Los Angeles Review of Books podcast, Art Spiegelman talks “MetaMaus” with Van Dyke Parks.
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An Israeli artists union is holding an exhibit for immigrant artists.
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The latest issue of “Text/Context” is out, with essays by Deborah E. Lipstadt, Sara Y. Aharon and Eddy Portnoy.
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Robert Hegyes, who played Juan Epstein on “Welcome Back, Kotter,” has died at age 60.