Book describes education in utropia
It is many years since I read material on the theory of education, and this book on the subject came into my hands through the kindness of our new neighbor, who also happens to...
The making of an international Jewish film festival
You can tell a lot about any of the 35 movies to be shown at the 30th annual San Diego International Film Festival (SDIJFF) Feb. 13-23 by when it will be screened, and in some...
Steal Some Time to Watch ‘The Book Thief’
The Book Thief is a historical fictional novel published in 2005 by Australian author Markus Zusak. It is his most popular work having been translated into 63 languages selling over 16 million copies worldwide. The...
Survivors’ Son Wrestles with Their Unspoken Past
The greatest sources of Holocaust history are the testimonies of survivors through their memories, their writings, their memoirs, and documentary films. You won’t want to miss this beautifully constructed film entitled The Presence of Their...
Love and Foreign Travel Share This Novel with the Occult
When the man and woman drawn to each other are both septuagenarians you know this will not be the usual type of love story, although a love story it is.
Roger and Frannie had been...
Author’s Vivid Accounts Range From Nazi Death Camps to Boston’s Worst Neighborhoods
From Broken Glass: My Story of Finding Hope in Hitler’s Death Camps to Inspire a New Generation, by Steve Ross, is truly an inspiring story. Interspersed with the author’s vivid recollections of being incarcerated...
Historical Fiction Examines Life for Jews in Nazi Germany
As recorded testimony and documentation reminds society of human rights violations committed throughout history, Herb Rothman authored a work of historical fiction that depicts what it was like for Jewish families to live under Nazi...
West Valley Jewish Film Festival features diverse lineup
The West Valley Jewish Film Festival celebrates its 13th year by featuring three films that vary as much in tone as topic.
The festival runs from Jan. 27-29 at Beth Emeth Congregation, with one film...
Book Review: ‘Gittel’s Journey: An Ellis Island Story’
With immigration a hot topic heard on the news, this book personalizing the experience of our own Jewish ancestors immigrating from Eastern Europe to the United States via Ellis Island could not be more...
Film documents Skokie’s resistance to Neo-Nazis
Eli Adler is the creator, co-director, narrator and one of the protagonists in the 2015 documentary film Surviving Skokie,” now streaming on Amazon. Adler remembers his youth in Skokie, Illinois – “we lived on the...