Paul Berger looks at the photography of Chris Stein, a founding member of the New York new wave band Blondie. Philologos parses the etymology of the three rivers Yar — Yarden, Yarmuk and Yarkon. Jenna Weissman Joselit reminds us of the Yemenite influence on Israeli fashion. Josh Lambert scrutinizes the state of American Jewish Studies….
Eli Valley sends Stuart the Jewish Turtle to Johannesburg to stop Judge Goldstone from attending his grandson’s bar mitzvah. Paul Berger yuks it up with Russian Jewish comedians in New York. Jerome E. Copulsky reviews “The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness” by Oren Harman. Judah S. Harris…
Ethan Pack talks to Amir Benayoun, an Israeli musician who embodies the country’s deepest fears. Benjamin Ivry examines the French Lithuanian novelist, journalist and bon vivant, Joseph Kessel. Allison Gaudet Yarrow takes a look at the Jewish Book Council’s two minute author tryouts. Jeremiah Lockwood teams up with Alexander Benaim of The Harlem Shakes for…
Jon Kalish looks at a production of Romeo and Juliet, in Yiddish. Raphael Mostel discusses ‘Le Grand Macabre,’ an opera by Hungarian Jewish composer György Ligeti, recently performed for the first time in New York. Gordon Haber reviews Kenneth Wishnia’s “The Fifth Servant,” a Golem-era Prague mystery novel. Akin Ajayi talks to Israeli artist Dor…
In the mood for clever feminist art that is at once subversive and respectful of Jewish text? Then check out Drisha’s exhibit and afternoon of performances by its Arts Fellows on Sunday at 2 p.m. Drisha, a center for advanced Torah study for women right near Lincoln Center, has a fantastic program for artists of…
The past year has seen a bumper crop of Jewish-themed graphic novels, with subjects ranging from the recent history of the Middle East (Joe Sacco’s “Footnotes in Gaza”) to the ancient mythology of the Middle East (R. Crumb’s “Genesis”) to the poets of the Beat Generation (Harvey Pekar and Ed Piskor’s “The Beats”). Still, the…
William Kunstler, the late civil rights lawyer, used to brag to his daughters, Emily and Sarah, that he was the only Jew in a youth street gang of Latinos and blacks. Fueled by the values of his faith, Kunstler later commanded turf far beyond his neighborhood. “The work that Bill did with the outcasts, the…
South America’s biggest pop star is a fan of klezmer, if her latest CD is any indication. Colombian singer Shakira, who has topped charts with her Spanish and English lyrics, samples the Jewish musical genre on her new album, “She Wolf,” which debuted at 15 on the Billboard album chart dated December 12 . The…
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