Arts
Does terrorism work?
Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle for Israel, 1917-1947, by Bruce Hoffman, Knopf, 618 pages, $35 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER After reading...
Behind those pointy ears, a ‘nice, earnest Jewish boy’
Though not a particularly religious man, Leonard Nimoy, Hollywood’s Mr. Spock, felt that everything he did was informed by his...
Book series to conclude with Anya von Bremzen
The St. Paul JCC’s Twin Cities Jewish Book Series will conclude with an appearance by author Anya Von Bremzen 7:30...
Overwhelmed by past and present
A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz, by Göran Rosenberg, Other Press, 331 pages, $24.95 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER...
Unkosher and unreal
Lifetime’s new docu-sitcom Kosher Soul, is ‘more of the same old black and Jewish stereotypes’ By ROBIN WASHINGTON What could...
Jorma Kaukonen tells stories of America
Jorma Kaukonen, who played electric guitar with Jefferson Airplane and plays acoustic guitar with Hot Tuna, says that his song...
'Stars of David' shine in MJTC production
The stage adaptation of Abigail Pogrebin’s book aims to enlighten audiences about the Jewish roots of some creative Americans in...
A writer’s ‘mitzva forgeries’
A Replacement Life, by Boris Fishman, Harper Perennial, 352 pages, paperback, $14.99 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER In this charming novel,...
MIA welcomes Myron Kunin collection
One of the most important private collections of modern American art is a long-term loan from the Kunin family By...
Simone Dinnerstein plays Gershwin, Ravel
Renowned classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein celebrates the American-French artistic cross-fertilization in her new album, Broadway-Lafayette (Sony Classical), which will be...
