Peoples of the Earth: Ethnonationalism, Democracy, and the Indigenous Challenge in Latin America, by...
Peoples of the Earth employs a comparative history of ethno-nationalism to examine Indian activism and its challenges to the political, social and economic status quo in the countries of Central and South America.
It explores...
Bad jews’ director says characters’ histrionics not about stereotypes
Journalists writing about a play usually aren’t invited to see the actors perform until opening night. But 11 days before the Toronto premiere of Bad Jews, Joshua Harmon’s hit play, I arrive at the...
Operation Paperclip, The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to America, by Annie...
“As comprehensive as it is critical, this latest exposé from Jacobsen is perhaps her most important work to date….Jacobsen persuasively shows that it in fact happened and aptly frames the dilemma….Rife with hypocrisy, lies,...
Film Review: ‘Fog in August’ Appearing at The Washington Jewish Film Festival
The horrors of the Holocaust have been portrayed many times in film, most notably Schindler’s List and The Pianist. One such horror, however, has never been a focus of film study: the euthanasia program...
Experiencing the horrors of war through music
A new arrangement of a powerful composition conveying the horrors of war, written by a Toronto musician while he was interned in a displaced persons’ camp in 1946, will premiere at the Jewish Music...
Move Over, French & Italian. The World’s Sexiest Accent is…..Israeli!
What accent do single men think is the sexiest? You might guess French or Italian, but you'd be wrong according to the latest poll. Surprise! It's Israeli.
As Benyamin Cohen wrote on the website From...
Recorded Yiddish Books from the Sami Rohr Collection
Der 'Yiddish Book Center' fun Amherst, Massachusets (noent tzu di shtot Boston), hobn mir gebetn aykh ibertzugebn vegn dem oysfarkoif fun IDISHE AUDIO-BIJER mit verk fun Sholem Ash; I.B. Zinger; Rojl Aoyerbaj; I.L.Peretz; Sholem...
A Life In Music
Friends and family intertwine within the music career of clarinetist Franklin Cohen. A local audience will get to experience the friendship during the final concert of the 2016-2017 season of the Chamber Music Society...
Protestant-Catholic-Jew: An Essay in American Religious Sociology, by Will Herberg
The very title of this book arouses suspicion. The author, who claims to be writing a treatise on sociology, is far from being a professional sociologist. On top of this, he is an enthusiastic...
Icon of Evil: Hitler’s Mufti and the Rise of Radical Islam, by David G....
A chilling, fascinating, and nearly forgotten historical figure is resurrected in a riveting work that links the fascism of the last century with the terrorism of our own. Written with verve and extraordinary access...