Eva Krause, amiable Shoah survivor, dies at 97
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor Eva Krause’s children remember her for her “generous heart, her vibrant energy and her ...
Tag: American Jewish World
Editorial: Chaos in Israel
In the Feb. 27 edition of The New Yorker, Ruth Margalit, a former member of the magazine’s editorial staff, profiled ...
Righteous Diplomats saved Jews in the Shoah
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Most adult Jews likely know about Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who with associates saved thousands ...
Sharon’s got a brand-new bag
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Among the many great musicians to come out of the Twin Cities in recent decades, few are ...
Sam climbs her way to a better life
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER For understandable reasons Sam is not a happy girl, so Allegra Goodman’s very engaging Sam is ...
Editorial: In Yucatán
It’s good to change your routine and surroundings on occasion. I hadn’t taken a winter vacation in many years; but ...
‘Trayf’ probes Chasidic life
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN During the 10 years that I lived in Brooklyn (1974-1984), I had two encounters with the Chabad ...
From a brothel to a Brooklyn dress shop
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER It seems unlikely that a former owner of a classy New Orleans brothel, a teenage seamstress ...
On the 100th anniversary of Martin Buber’s ‘I and Thou’
By EARL SCHWARTZ In the hundred years since its publication, Martin Buber’s Ich und Du (I and Thou) has turned ...
In local appearance Nick Winton told the story of his father, humanitarian Sir Nicholas Winton
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor Sir Nicholas Winton is known for just nine months of his life. Those nine ...
