Cosmic wonder: Reclaiming science’s place in Jewish life
As the James Webb Space Telescope sends back unprecedented images of galaxy formation from the dawn of time, humanity stands in awe of the cosmos like never before. This marvel of engineering—requiring more than...
Jewish Historians of England
Twenty Years On, Views and Reviews of Modern Britain by Peter Stansky; Pinehill Humanities Press, 2020.
Peter Stansky born in Manhattan, graduated from Yale, Harvard, and King’s College, Cambridge where he earned his doctorate studying...
Frances Perkins, Nation’s First ‘Madam Secretary’ Tried to Help European Jewish Refugees
Dear Miss Perkins: A Story of Frances Perkins’s Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany by Rebecca Brenner Graham; New York: Citadel Press Books imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp.; © 2025; ISBN 9780806-543178; 280 pages...
‘The Brutalist’ wins award for best motion picture at Golden Globes
“The Brutalist,” a film about a Holocaust survivor striving for his American Dream, won best drama motion picture at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards on Sunday.
The film stars Adrien Brody as László Tóth, a...
The Holiness of Sex: Leonard Cohen’s Biblical Theology
On hearing that I had recently written a book about Leonard Cohen, someone asked me why I thought Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature rather than Cohen. Not being a Nobel prize adjudicator...
Israeli Film Festival in LA screens 40-plus pictures, draws 7,000 people
The 36th Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles returned in full force after a two-year hiatus.
The screenings, which ran from Nov. 13-16, drew more than 7,000 attendees to see more than 40 features, documentaries...
Netflix picks up award-winning Israeli show ‘Six Zeros’
Netflix has purchased the Israeli comedy series "Six Zeros," the first season of which aired in 2023 on Israel's public broadcasting network, Kan 11, the channel announced on Tuesday.
"Six Zeros" explores what happens when people win...
A Thanksgiving movie marathon with Jewish flavor
Why just watch the Macy’s parade when you can celebrate the holiday with flicks like “Fiddler on the Roof” and “The Ten Commandments?”
In addition to cooking all day and eating to your heart’s content...
The Pessin Affair
Salem on the Thames: Moral Panic, Anti-Zionism, and the Triumph of Hate Speech at Connecticut College. Richard Landes. Published by Academic Studies Press, 2020. 32.95 pp.218
At Connecticut College, in the Spring of 2015, Andrew...
A Jewish Tale Woven Through Napoleon’s Campaign in Egypt and Eretz Israel
Napoleon’s Mirage by Michelle Cameron; Berkeley, California: She Writes Press; © 2024; ISBN 9781647-426200; 256 pages; $17.99; publication date: November 12, 2024.
This Jewish love story is woven into an account of Napoleon’s unsuccessful war in...