Tony Kushner's torrent of words dazzles the Scando-Minnesotans
I dreamed about Tony Kushner the night before last. My repeated inquiries to the Guthrie Theater publicist about arranging a ...
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Will gunman at U.S. Holocaust Museum be charged as a terrorist?
The American Jewish World published an editorial on April 24, "Obama and the rise of the Jew-haters,"Â which looked at the ...
Rabbi Manis Friedman denounced for his article on waging war ‘the Jewish way’
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR It was not the publicity the Lubavitchers were looking for. Rabbi Manis Friedman, an esteemed Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi ...
A lesson from Cairo
As this edition of the American Jewish World goes to press, it seems like there is an inordinate amount of ...
Socalled rocks a beloved Yiddish melody, with help from Theodore Bikel
Socalled (a.k.a. Josh Dolgin), the mixmaster from Montreal, has created an amazing music video for "(Rock The) Belz," from the ...
Mainstream press reports tiff over Rabbi Manis Friedman's views on fighting war the 'Jewish way'
A storm of controversy is swirling around Rabbi Manis Friedman, the Lubavitcher rabbi from St. Paul, who is now backpedaling ...
Rabbi Manis Friedman's contribution to Moment magazine sets off a controversy in the blogosphere
A reporter from the Forward newspaper in New York City called yesterday with some questions about a short piece of ...
Celebrating Kushner: 'The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide' and 'Tiny Kushner'
The Marcantonios explain it all, and more  The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide exhibits playwright Tony Kushner’s wide-ranging interest in everything By MORDECAI ...
Editorial: Manufacturing crimes
At first glance, it looked like a case of astute police work. Four ex-convicts, three of them recent jailhouse converts ...
Heavy metal menschen
When two Jewish teens from Toronto vowed to rock on forever in 1973, they forged the musical legacy of Anvil By MORDECAI ...
