Jordana Horn goes to see “Mahler on the Couch” at the New York Jewish Film Festival (read more NYJFF coverage on The Arty Semite here). Benjamin Ivry investigates the literary chameleon, Romain Gary. Rachel Barenblat writes a tree poem for “Birch Magazine.” Raphael Mostel goes to see the story of Ruth at the New York…
Jerome A. Chanes goes to see The Living Theatre’s production of “Korach.” Curt Schleier tells the story of three Broadway producers. Jay Michaelson questions whether mysticism is real. Philologos is possessed. Laurence Zuckerman looks back at the life of Judah L. Magnes, one of 20th-century Jewry’s most important — and most overlooked — leaders. Glenn…
Benjamin Ivry remembers Yuli Margolin, a survivor of the gulag whose memoirs have finally been published, 40 years after his death. Philologos strips down. Jenna Weissman Joselit pores over the Encyclopedia of Jewish Food. Catie Lazarus takes a look at Jewish documentary filmmakers. Mark Cohen explains how Sephardic Jewry survived the expulsion from Spain. Raphael…
Matthew Sharpe finds the future of the Middle East in Alan Dershowitz’s “The Trials of Zion.” Jerome A. Chanes writes about writing about writing about the Holocaust. Mordechai Shinefield isn’t a woman, but he likes listening to them sing. Philologos sneaks across the border. Laurence Klavan appreciates some underappreciated plays. Alon Rab watches the resurrection…
Rachel Rubinstein looks to the future of Yiddish literature in translation. Jay Michaelson questions the intuitive power of religion. Jenna Weissman Joselit wonders what Cyrus Adler would have thought of contemporary museum going. Gordon Haber gets depressed by Yael Hedaya’s “Eden.” Alexander Gelfand listens to the evolution of Jewish music at the Folksbiene. Philologos goes…
John Semley goes behind the scenes of “Barney’s Version.” I profile musician, filmmaker, photographer and folk revivalist John Cohen. Glenn C. Altschuler reviews a new book about Harry Gold, a “disciplined, smart, lonely, pathetic and oddly appealing” Soviet spy. Benjamin Ivry takes a fresh look at the polarizing French philosopher Jacques Derrida. Philologos elucidates the…
Stephen Hazan Arnoff reviews two new books on Bob Dylan. Joshua Furst goes to see the current revival of Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America.” Philologos tries out Cockney rhyming slang. Benjamin Ivry watches the films of documentarian and social critic Frederick Wiseman. Gerald Sorin examines a collection of new American Jewish fiction. Devra Ferst looks…
Jordana Horn checks out the Other Israel Film Festival. Benjamin Ivry appreciates Russian Jewish composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg. Sherwin Kaufman remembers arriving at Ellis Island almost 90 years ago. Yelena Akhtiorskaya takes a poetry lesson from Andrei Codrescu. Jacob Silverman reviews “Dolly City” by Orly Castel-Bloom. Eryn Loeb compares and contrasts two tongue-in-cheek books about the…
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