Tag: American Jewish World

By DORIS RUBENSTEIN No question about it: A mouse is not a kosher animal. However, a question apart is whether ...

By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor If Fred Amram could leave the world with one message, it would be this: ...

By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor Eva Krause’s children remember her for her “generous heart, her vibrant energy and her ...

In the Feb. 27 edition of The New Yorker, Ruth Margalit, a former member of the magazine’s editorial staff, profiled ...

Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Most adult Jews likely know about Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who with associates saved thousands ...

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Among the many great musicians to come out of the Twin Cities in recent decades, few are ...

Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER For understandable reasons Sam is not a happy girl, so Allegra Goodman’s very engaging Sam is ...

It’s good to change your routine and surroundings on occasion. I hadn’t taken a winter vacation in many years; but ...

By DORIS RUBENSTEIN During the 10 years that I lived in Brooklyn (1974-1984), I had two encounters with the Chabad ...

Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER It seems unlikely that a former owner of a classy New Orleans brothel, a teenage seamstress ...