In a first, Israeli Hebrew novel is translated into Moroccan Arabic
For the first time, an Israeli novel has been translated into Arabic in Morocco and will be sold in Moroccan bookstores.
The groundbreaking novel, A Girl in a Blue Shirt, was written by Gabriel Bensimhon of...
‘Iron’ Locks Onto Mother-Daughter Relationships Under Stress
The news has been pretty bleak this week for San Diego area theaters with the closing of the REP, but that should only reaffirm your commitment to come out to support our local gems....
PBS documentary focuses on ‘Jews of the Wild West’
Amanda Kinsey, an Emmy-award-winning filmmaker, came up with the idea of a documentary on Jews who lived in the Wild West while digging through the Beck Archives in the basement of the University of Denver library.
“I was blown...
‘Nancy’ — Where an unhappy imagination can take you
Are you stuck in your own reality, or can one ever escape it? That appears to be the burning question in Nancy, a film written and directed by Christina Choe. Nancy, convincingly played by Andrea...
Children’s Literature: ‘The Rabbi and the Painter’
The Rabbi and the Painter; story by Shoshana Weiss; illustrations by Jennifer Kirkham; Kalaniot Books, 2021; ISBN 9780998-852782; 28 pages plus historical notes.
This children’s book imagines a fictional friendship between the Mannerist painter Tintoretto and...
US actor Michael Rapaport appears in Israeli satirical show
American-Jewish actor Michael Rapaport arrived in Israel on Tuesday morning to appear in the satirical show Eretz Nehederet.
Since the brutal Hamas attack on southwestern Israel on Oct. 7, Rapaport, who is known for his portrayal...
Seder for a Better World An Activist’s Hagodeh
The Passover seder is an activist’s dream of cultural ritual—a debate with dinner and drinking: an evening for celebrating liberation through cross-generational questioning, story-telling, challenging, and eating— bitter, sweet, salty—accompanied by music and wine....
Curator Vows Holocaust Exhibit Will Find a Permanent Home
Project RUTH – “Remember Us: The Holocaust” – which was on exhibit for two years at the Chula Vista Public Library is in the process of closing, but even though it soon will be...
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...
A sensitive Holocaust history for teens
A Light in the Darkness: Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust by Albert Marrin, Alfred A. Knopf, 2019; ISBN 9781524-701215l; 334 pages plus 54 pages of notes, bibliography, and index; $19.99
Notwithstanding its title, this...