The Genius of Judaism, by Bernard-Henri Lévy and Steven B. Kennedy
For more than four decades, Bernard-Henri Lévy has been a singular figure on the world stage—one of the great moral voices of our time. Now Europe's foremost philosopher and activist confronts his spiritual roots...
The Rabin Memoirs,
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in November of 1995—one year after he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Yasir Arafat—sent shock waves around the world. Known as both a man of war and of...
“Menashe” – Yiddish on the Big Screen
Tayere khaverim (Dear Friends),
The recently released and critically acclaimed Yiddish movie “Menashe” is coming to San Diego! Don’t worry (too much) - the movie has English subtitles. YAAANA is organizing a gathering (kum zits!)...
Who Will Lead Us? The Story of Five Hasidic Dynasties in America by Samuel...
Hasidism, a movement many believed had passed its golden age, has had an extraordinary revival since it was nearly decimated in the Holocaust and repressed in the Soviet Union. Hasidic communities, now settled primarily...
Film set in Hasidic community opening in South Florida
The powerful, eye-opening and moving drama "Menashe" that's set in a New York Hasidic community is scheduled to open in movie theaters across Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties on Aug. 18.
Shot in secret...
‘To Life’ is a salute to playwright’s Jewish family
free staged reading of playwright Robert Coppel's two-act play "To Life," recreating a fictionalized version of his Jewish family, will be performed Aug. 14 at 8 p.m. at Main Street Playhouse in Miami Lakes.
"Although...
The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery, by Captain Witold Pilecki
A new book, “The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery ” (Aquila Polonica: 2012), documents, in his own words, Pilecki’s remarkable exploits, and I can’t think of a better gift to give yourself for Khanukah.
Pilecki was...
Friends of Zion Museum sheds light on non-Jewish Zionist heroes
In today’s day and age, with anti-Israel sentiments floating ubiquitously through the press and social media, many Jewish Zionists are forced to adopt an us-against-the-world mentality, believing that they are the only group who...
‘I’ve always been seen by other people as Jewish’
My experience of comedians is that they’re rarely funny to meet. I’ve interviewed Ben Stiller, Bobcat Goldthwait, Ricky Gervais, Rob Schneider, Robin Williams and Woody Allen, and they were all interesting, intelligent individuals, but...
‘Menashe’ presents a rare authentic on-screen depiction of Hasidic Judaism
In “Menashe,” which debuts nationally July 28, director Joshua Weinstein has delicately crafted a work that emanates a rarely seen authenticity, tenderness and depth sadly lacking in other mainstream films about Hasidic Jews and...