‘BeteBrune’ novel filled with hateful stereotypes
This was a truly difficult book to read. Not stylistically; the author has a clear and concise style. The book’s content was severely off-putting, so filled is this novel with hate, stereotyping, and prejudice...
‘Upheaval’ screening receives robust response in Mexico City
More than 2,000 Mexico City Jews turned out to view “Upheaval,” the first English-language documentary on the life of former Israeli Prime Minister, Menachem Begin.
Bruce Gould, producer and a board member of the Hidden Light Institute,...
‘Sephardic Weekend’ to celebrate Jewish culture of Spain, Portugal, Morocco
Food, music, prayer and discussion will provide an engaging glimpse of an ancient culture and the people who still connect with it, as part of “Sephardic Weekend.”
Hosted by Congregation Bet Haverim’s Adult Education Committee,...
Should Jews be over the moon for Disney series?
Jews kvell when an athlete is Jewish. When it’s a superhero, even better.
Disney’s mesmerizing series “Moon Knight” features what is believed to be the first overtly Marvel Jewish character in a major film or...
Musical called ‘Jew Store’ making world debut locally this weekend
Theater fans who’d like to see a Broadway show before New Yorkers do will have their chance with the world premiere of “Jew Store (The Musical),” at the Aronoff this weekend.
“Jew Store (The Musical),”...
Yale Strom’s American Socialist opens in San Diego May 11
Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies), and five times...
Movie Review: ‘Kastner and the Little Tuesday’
Kästner and the Little Tuesday, a 2016 movie originally titled in German as Kästner und der Kleine Dienstag is now streaming, with English subtitles, on Amazon Prime.
It’s Germany 1931, the children’s novel Emil and the Detectives is being...
Thriller Novel Tells of War, Rogue Operations on Israel-Lebanon Border
The Beirut Protocol: A Marcus Ryker Series Political and Military Action Thriller: (Book 4) by Joel C. Rosenberg, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., © 2021 ISBN 1496437896; 464 pages, $23.79.
In his fourth appearance in a...
Traveling Israel exhibit opens in Florida
On one side of the seating area on Sunday, Dec. 8, was a documented German cattle car used to transport Jews from Warsaw to their death in Treblinka. On the opposite side was a...
Moncrieff’s 40 packed years
As a former translator and great admirer of the works of Proust, both in the original French (a bit of a struggle for me) and in their delightful English version, I could not resist...