“Jewish South Florida”-a history and guide to everything Jewish, by Paul Kaplan
Beyond the stereotype of elderly Jews visiting sunny beaches and stopping in at New York-style delis lies a rich history and Jewish cultural tradition. The area is populated by Ashkenazi Jews, Sephardic Jews with...
German Jews faring well in 20th century Britain
MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — I found this book so fascinating that I read it more or less in one sitting and, having read it on my Kindle, proceeded to order the paperback version from Amazon...
It could be, it might be, it is (!) a great sports book
SAN DIEGO – I learned when I was a rookie reporter for the Associated Press back in 1967 that any fool, including yours truly, could write a story about an athletic contest. Essentially, you...
Gale Kissin sings “Mame Loshn”
Few recordings so well selected, so clearly interpreted, and so significative as this one:
Gale Kissin sings Mama Loshn
15 songs that illustrate Jewish life and struggles through the last 300 years!
I was afraid that America...
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...
Jews against themselves by Edward Alexander
Every Anglophone reader, Jew and non-Jew, owes it to him or herself to read Jews against Themselves. And every non-Anglophone country that aspires either to establish or maintain democracy owes itself a good translation. Rarely...
1924 Film That Anticipates the Holocaust Found and Restored
The recently restored Austrian silent film Die Stadt Ohne Juden details a dystopian narrative in which Jews are harassed, physically assaulted and forced out of the country by train.
The City Without Jews, as the title translates...
Twenty Years with the Jewish Labor Bund: A Memoir of Interwar Poland, By Bernard...
Bernard Goldstein’s memoir describes a hard world of taverns, toughs, thieves, and prostitutes; of slaughterhouse workers, handcart porters, and wagon drivers; and of fist- and gunfights with everyone from anti-Semites and Communists to hostile...
Team Israel’s inspiring World Baseball Classic run documented
The documentary "Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel" tells a moving underdog story that should inspire people who attend an upcoming Miami Jewish Film Festival members screening.
The screening takes place at 7 p.m....
The Athens Jewish Film Festival Returns for the 10th Year
The Athens Jewish Film Festival is back, and bigger and better than ever. Events span five days, beginning with a Sunday gala at the Georgia Museum of Art and ending with a closing party...