“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”–“Mad Men” For Jews, and for Gentiles Too.
After reading some great reviews and hearing Laury tell us how wonderful it was, Barb and I sat down last night and watched the first two episodes of Amazon Prime's new streaming series The Marvelous...
Menashe, affectionate and gently humorous portrayal of Hasidic Judaism, a community rarely seen on...
A go-to theme for the more mawkish end of the comedic spectrum – a father striving to parent alone after the death of his wife – here gets an illuminating, unsentimental new spin. According...
‘Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins’ Is the True Story of Hanukkah
Part of the way through the holiday-season classic Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, I pause and ask myself, What do goblins have to do with anything in the first place? And while we’re at it, what do...
A Life in Dialogue: Building Bridges between Catholics and Jews, by Dr. Eugene J....
I was pleased to recently receive a review copy of a wonderful memoir by Dr. Eugene J. Fisher, entitled A Life in Dialogue: Building Bridges between Catholics and Jews (MR, MEDIA BOOKS, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA...
Death And Sex At Masada
Few places are as iconic in Jewish life as Masada, the desert stronghold where, as the story goes, a courageous group of Jews chose to die at their own hands rather than perish by...
UNCC Concert Honors Jewish Prisoners Who Rebelled in Song
SEVENTY-THREE YEARS AGO, Jewish prisoners interred at Terezin, the notorious Nazi concentration camp, used their singing of Giuseppe Verdi’s "Requiem Mass" as a most unlikely weapon against their captors. In June 1944, 150 inmates, weakened...
Corsets and Comedy: Inside Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
On a trendy street in Williamsburg, tucked in next to a Michelin-starred restaurant and a bar once frequented by Kendall Jenner, there’s a portal to another era: a 1950s department store where display cases are glowing...
Fragments of a Glorious History
Discovering Iraqi Mesorah: Reflections on an Exhibit
Fragments of a sefer Torah, open to Parashas Lech Lecha, a Gemara Maseches Yoma, a large sefer Tehillim — at least 18 inches tall — a religious guidebook...
Remembering the last Jews of Iraq
The story of the Jews in Iraq is one that dates back 2,500 years, but such was the speed that they were forced to abandon their homeland following the end of the Second World War and creation of...
The Jewish Revolution: how Soviet Jews pursued artistic modernity and political freedom after 1917
When 2018 rolls round, the cottage industry dedicated to poring over the 100-year legacy of the Russian Revolution will be put to bed. And while the sheer volume of exhibitions, books, TV series and...