Michael Kaminer talks to Tim Supple, the British-Jewish director of a new pan-Arab production of “One Thousand and One Nights.” Lawrence Grossman reviews a history of the Synagogue in America. Eli Valley’s first comic as the Forward’s artist-in-residence looks at the similarities between the Knesset and Kafka. Susan Tumarkin Goodman leafs through a sketchbook kept…
A.J. Goldmann appreciates Wanda Landowska, the 20th-century champion of the harpsichord. Micah Kelber profiles Jeffrey Yohalem, winner of head writer award from the Writers Guild of America for “Assassin’s Creed.” Laura Hodes reviews Joseph Skibell’s “A Curable Romantic,” which was shortlisted for the Rohr Prize. Philologos lives like God in Odessa. Raphael Mostel goes to…
Gordon Haber reviews Jon Ronson’s “The Psychopath Test,” a book about, well, crazy people. I ponder Jewish music that courts a secular audience with religious material. Joshua Furst believes in the spirit of Tony Kushner’s new play, if not always its execution. Elissa Strauss goes to see the art collection of the Cone Sisters of…
Benjamin Ivry remembers conductor George Szell, who may have been a dictator on the podium, but was no Nazi. Jordana Horn sees “Rabies,” billed as “Israel’s first horror film,” at the Tribeca Film Festival. Jenna Weissman Joselit keeps track of Jewish Time. Philologos is singing in the rain. Steven G. Kellman reviews “Motti,” an offbeat…
In honor of Yom HaShoah, the Forward presents “The Thinking Person’s Guide to the Holocaust,” a selection of the most important literary, historical and artistic works about the Shoah. Rokhl Kafrissen explores the new generation of klezmer music and musicians, including Benjy Fox-Rosen and his new album, “Tick Tock.” Joshua Furst takes a hard look…
Philologos decides it’s time for a snack. Philip Lutz listens in on “If a White Horse From Jerusalem” by jazz composer Bret Zvacek, featuring saxophonist and Miles Davis collaborator David Liebman. Mladen Petrov peruses the work of third generation Polish Holocaust writers. Jay Michaelson surveys this year’s new crop of Haggadot. Jillian Steinhauer investigates Dalvador…
In the first of a two-part series, Lisa Traiger traces the growth of Israeli folk dancing from one dance — “Hora Agadati” in 1924 — to 4,678 in 2005. Jordana Horn surveys the career of the remarkable Moroccan-Israel actress Ronit Elkabetz, who was recently honored by the New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival. Philologos is,…
Curt Schleier goes to see “Peep World,” where Jews finally attain the dysfunctional status of WASPs. Philologos noses around with exasperation. Michelle Sieff adjudicates Deborah Lipstadt’s arguments with Hannah Arendt in “The Eichmann Trial.” Katherine Clarke looks into Southeastern Europe’s first Holocaust Museum in Skopje, Macedonia. Raphael Mostel celebrates a renewed interest in the strange…
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