Culture
Heart of East Denver
Chris LeppekOct 20, 2014
THERE are precious few nooks and crannies in Denver buildings, streets, alleys, bridges, corners and who knows what else that Phil Goodstein has not peered into...
‘Altina’: thoroughly modern woman of the 20th century
Tom Tugend, JTAOct 12, 2014
LOS ANGELES Ambitious girls of yore looking for role models among successful and accomplished women might turn to scientist Marie Curie, aviation pioneer Amelia...
‘Unstill Life’ at JCC’s JAAMM
Andrea JacobsSep 29, 2014
IN the halls of her youth, little Gabrielle Selz watched famous artists come and go, linger and party at the Central Park West home of her parents Peter Selz and...
From Bible heroines to Madoff, Rabins’ rock opera strikes new chord
JTASep 04, 2014
BERKELEY, Calif. — Plucking a violin on an empty stage, an animated scene of Manhattan skyscrapers scrolling behind her pregnant body, the musician, poet and Torah...
The celluloid chasid helps Hollywood get chasidim right
JTAAug 29, 2014
NEW YORK When it comes to chasidic characters in movies, film consultant Elli Meyer believes that the real deal trumps a random actor in costume. But that approach...
Zach Braff at Sundance: ‘Wish I Was Here’
JTAJul 18, 2014
ZACH Braff is unabashedly and proudly Jewish. One might not deduce that, though, from the caustic attitude toward organized Judaism expressed at the beginning of his new...
Roth no longer an enfant terrible
JTAMay 29, 2014
LOS ANGELES What is being done to silence this man? an American rabbi asked in a 1963 letter to the Anti-Defamation League. He was talking about the novelist...
Gary Rosenthal’s Judaica
Larry HankinApr 24, 2014
WHEN Gary Rosenthal began his career as a sculptor in 1974, Shabbat candlesticks and menorahs were usually made of brass, silver or the predictable Israeli blue patina...
Globetrotters, Jewish history, artist memoir
Chris LeppekApr 11, 2014
PASSOVER 5774 EDITION SECTION C PAGE 10 For the IJN Passover Edition, Chris Leppek reviews three new books: Thicker Than Paint, The Story of the Jews and The Legend of...
With ‘Story of the Jews,’ Schama returns to this roots
JTAMar 20, 2014
BOSTON For decades, Simon Schama has dazzled the public with epic books and popular television documentaries on topics ranging from Rembrandt to the French...
