Ruth R. Wisse and Samuel Leivick, son of Yiddish writer H. Leivick, trade barbs in the Jewish Review of Books. Menachem Wecker takes a look at the hyper-realistic paintings of Max Ferguson. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation interviews trumpeter Frank London. Adam Levin’s new collection of stories, “Hot Pink,” is reviewed by Peter Orner in The…
Russell Crowe is set to appear as Noah in Darren Aronofsky’s biblical-themed movie of the same name. The Village Voice gives high praise to a new exhibit by Israeli artist Oded Hirsch. Francine Prose writes on Edith Wharton for the New York Review of Books. Margaret Eby looks at the strange relationship between Houdini and…
Why Canadian Jewish poet Irving Layton still matters, 100 years after his birth. The New York Times pays homage to New York Review of Books editor Robert Silvers. Some German architects are converting Nazi bunkers into modern homes. The Los Angeles Review of Books weighs in on the 21st-century Marxism of Tony Kushner. Is it…
David Cronenberg is working on a TV show called “Knifeman,” about a self-taught 18th-century surgeon. Moment magazine interviews comedian and podcast sensation Marc Maron. Did Woody Allen think up “Midnight in Paris” 50 years ago? The Nerdist talks to animation legend Ralph Bakshi. “Flatscreen” author Adam Wilson has won the Paris Review’s Terry Southern Prize…
Isreali filmmaker Amos Gitai has been chosen to participate in the international film project, “Words With Gods.” Madame Tussauds has unveiled a wax statue of Anne Frank in Berlin. Edith Pearlman has won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction for her short story collection, “Binocular Vision.” Zackary Sholem Berger shares his thoughts on…
British historian Sir Martin Gilbert has won the $1 million Dan David Prize. The New York Oberserver was at HEEB’s 10th anniversary party. On the Yiddish Song of the Week blog, Itzik Gottesman writes about recording the Yiddish poet I. Berkovitch in Romania. Etgar Keret has a new short story, “Suddenly There’s a Knock on…
Remember “My Dinner With André”? Well, Wallace Shawn and André Gregory are back at it with an adaptation of Ibsen’s “Master Builder.” “Leeches” by David Albahari, “Fiasco” by Imre Kertész, “Kafka’s Leopards” by Moacyr Scliar and “Scenes From Village Life” by Amos Oz, are all on the longlist for the 2012 Best Translated Book Awards….
Rabbi Norman Lamm’s new book on Purim gets a glowing review. HEEB talks to “Footnote” director Joseph Cedar. On the Yiddish Song of the Week blog, listen to “Hayda-liu-liu” performed by the linguist Mordkhe Schaechter. Daniel Treiman identifies ‘the greatest tangent in movie reviewing’ in a piece by former New York City mayor Ed Koch….
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