Poem | A Jew in 2019
No matter how many generations / our forebears lived in a country / we are always seen by many / as those who can’t belong
Gaga for Israeli Dance
First, there was nation-building folk dance. Then came influences from European expressionism and American modern dance. Now, Israeli dance has come into its own and is in great demand on stages around the world.
Book Review | Princess Schweppessodawasser’s Surprising Romance
Language is failing Beryl Dusinbery. She is 99 years old and having trouble retrieving words. “One minute she has a word, then she hasn’t. Where does it go?
Book Review | It Happened Here, Too
Around the middle of the afternoon on Saturday, September 22, 1928, Marion Griffiths sent her four-year-old daughter, Barbara, off to find her older brother Bobby
Preview | ‘The Second Sun’
Despite his horrific backstory, the character of Max in The Second Sun is so positive and upbeat that even John Buffalo Mailer (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps), the actor who portrays him, became a little concerned.01
Ten Israeli TV Shows to Binge After ‘Shtisel’
From ‘Srugim’ to ‘Prisoners of War,’ here is a list of some great Israeli imports to try out.
Five Books to Be An Educated Jew | By Author
Read the full symposium or send us your own selection of books!
In ‘Quiet For Too Long,’ Solvej Schou Gets Loud
Solvej Schou is a Jewish musician, writer and feminist. Her art and politics are largely inspired by her family—particularly her grandmother, who was a Holocaust...
In Scorsese’s ‘Rolling Thunder Revue,’ Bob Dylan Is More Myth Than Man
Why make a documentary that is nearly as much fiction as fantasy, and why deliberately attempt to blur the two?
Book Review | Inheritance
That insight—that culture and identity are not DNA—is one that Dani Shapiro, author of the recently published Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love, doesn’t get.
Visual Moment | When the Wild Things Sang
Going back to his early line drawings, you can see that Sendak liked to populate the world with Sendaks.
Reading By Numbers: Applying Sports Analytics to Our Summer Books Symposium
Why not pick your next read by applying sports-style analytics?