Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism By Thomas Brothers W. W. Norton & Company, 608 pages, $39.95 A massive, and massively detailed new biography, reminds music mavens that jazz pioneer Louis Armstrong assimilated lessons from Judaism and expressed them through music and writing during his long career. “Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism” by Thomas Brothers is…
Thinkstock Becoming a mother didn’t make me nicer. More compassionate? Yes. More sensitive? Sure. But nicer. No. During the few months in which I was “trying”, I started involuntarily responding to pregnant women with a snarl. Then there was the period of time following my son’s birth when my concern for other people, places and…
“Son of God,” “Noah,” and now “Girls” — 2014 is the year of the Bible movie. Lena Dunham nailed her ‘Saturday Night Live’ hosting debut with a parody of her hit HBO series, proving that the travails and tribulations of the average twentish-year-old woman are as old as time itself. “Girls: The Bible Movie” trades in…
A few of the author’s many blue inks on paper. / Jeffrey K. Salkin It’s time for me to confess my hobby. I collect and use fountain pens. I have no memory of how I first got into this particular way of writing. No, it has nothing to do with the fabled “Today I am…
The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo is welcoming a new male lion from Sweden. The two-year-old rare Asiatic lion was scheduled to arrive Thursday night. He replaces Lider, a 16-year-old male Asiatic lion who was put to sleep last summer. The new lion, Gir, will join lioness Ileniya, 16, though the two lions will be kept apart…
Are you expecting a little bundle of joy in 2014? If so, you better revisit your Hebrew school notes. According to BabyNames.net, the biggest new name trend isn’t fruit-related (read: Apple Paltrow-Martin) or experimental (North West…). No. 2014 will be the year of the Biblical name – Welcome Caleb and Levi! How do you do,…
Marble Pound Cake with a Hard Chocolate Crust Ingredients 1½ cups (300 g) sugar ¾ cup (170 g) butter or margarine 3 cups (375 g) flour 2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda 1 cup (240 mL) orange juice 2 tsp. vanilla 3 eggs ½ tsp. salt ¼ cup (30 g) cocoa powder 1…
Technicolor Salad with Silky Avocado Dressing Ingredients 1 head romaine lettuce, chopped 1 11 oz. (312 g) can mandarin orange slices 1 red pepper, sliced into thin strips 1 yellow pepper, sliced into thin strips 1 carrot, sliced thin 2 cucumbers, halved lengthwise and sliced thin 1 small red onion, sliced thin and separated into…
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