Moynihan doumentary provides strong political role model
SAN DIEGO – Raised in impoverished circumstances by a single mother, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Daniel Patrick Moynihanalways had compassion for those who were not as lucky as he was. By fortuitous circumstances, a Navy...
Hilma af Klint and the birth of abstract art
The Guggenheim’s strange and wonderful exhibition of Hilma af Klint’s groundbreaking, yet largely unknown body of abstract art is an important event – one that challenges us to not only rethink the early history...
Quest for Rynecki’s art fuels ‘Chasing Portraits’
Making the rounds of Jewish film festivals across the country is the documentary Chasing Portraits by Elizabeth Rynecki, concerning a quest to learn more about the pre-Holocaust art of her Polish Jewish great-grandfather Moshe Rynecki (Pronounced...
Jewish ‘Bubbies’ do matchmaking, share their dating wisdom in new TV show
In each episode of “Bubbies Know Best,” which premiered Feb. 11 on JLTV, S.J. Mendelson, Linda Rich, and Bunny Gibson interview three potential suitors before picking one to go on a date with their...
Book Review: ‘No Forgotten Fronts’
During World War II, many people turned to The Washington Post for their news. On the other hand, G.I.’s who were former San Diego State College students turned to Prof. Lauren C. Post.
“Doc” Post, a professor of geography...
‘Berrie’ exciting! A story based on Israel’s launching a spacecraft to the moon
What do you get when you toss in a bit of “Toy Story,” The Little Engine That Could and The Magic School Bus book series? An optimistic (and very blue) “Berrie,” a spacecraft with her eyes set on...
Book Review: Judaism, Zionism and the Land of Israel by Yotav Eliach
For decades, Rabbi Yotav Eliach, esteemed principal of Rambam Mesivta High School in Long Island, has accumulated his teachings, writings, and those of many other scholars and rabbinical authorities, tracking the history of Israel....
Schwinging start to the Jewish Film Festival
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Quincy Jones, Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock… If you’re a jazz fan, you know these names. They are the stars shining in the jazzosphere of Blue Note Records. And...
Middle East book review: ‘Why Are We Still Afraid?’
This self-published book by longtime Israeli journalist Mark Lavie starts off with controversy, then subsides into informative and reliable travel journalism, depicting the byways and quirks of Israeli society. Towards the end of this...
Survivor’s son tracks down his father’s WWII story
Released for publication on Jan. 19, this book is a combination memoir and biography; a memoir by son Jack J. Hersch of his painstaking efforts to visualize and reconstruct the experiences of his father,...