Neil Gaiman
The Secret Jewish History Of Neil Gaiman And ‘American Gods’
‘American Gods,’ the new phantasmagorical series on Starz, has its roots in Neil Gaiman’s upbringing with Jewish Scientologists.
Trump Wants To Kill Federal Arts Funding. These Artists Are Standing Against Him.
In President Trump’s first federal budget plan, submitted this morning, one item has stood out to proponents of the arts: Trump’s call to cut all funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
‘Girls’ Enters Its Final Season, And More To Read, Watch, And Do This Weekend
It’s almost the weekend, and whether you’re in still-snowy New York or surprisingly rainy Los Angeles, the weather is no excuse to miss out on great cultural events.
The Secret History of Women's Klezmer
A new radio drama titled “The Witches of Lublin” is being offered to public radio stations as a Passover special. Written by Ellen Kushner, Elizabeth Schwartz and Yale Strom, the hour-long production features original klezmer music by Strom and the handiwork of Long Island-based audio drama producer Sue Zizza. The cast includes the prolific audiobook narrator Barbara Rosenblat, author Neil Gaiman and Tovah Feldshuh as the protagonist Rivka, a 18th-century klezmer musician who is a single mom, a weaver of lace and a Talmudic scholar to boot.
Thrilling Hebrew Tales!: On Jewish Vampires, Golems, Tzaddiks and 'HebrewPunk'
Lavie Tidhar’s most recent book, “An Occupation of Angels,” is now available. His blog posts are being featured this week on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish Learning’s Author Blog series. For more information on the series, please visit: