Summer Novels to Feast On
Every summer, Jennifer Weiner serves up a quintessential summer novel, effortlessly blending the cozy and the topical and usually sprinkling in some Cape Cod flavor.
Book Review | A Madcap Holocaust Holiday
An elderly Holocaust survivor dies and goes to heaven.
New Jewish Kidlit: Beyond the Holocaust and Holidays
In a recent article in School Library Journal, news editor Kara Yorio observes that for a long time, “[children’s] books about Jewish people or by Jewish authors fit into two categories: the Holocaust and holidays,” while Jewish secondary characters often seemed stereotyped.
Book Review | The Temple of Whitefish and Lox
Lori Zabar’s new book reveals the family history behind the iconic grocery store.
Bulli, In Loving Memory
Bulli was a cherished author and a sweetly avuncular, talkative presence in my life. He became a true friend and intimate interlocutor.
What Would God Say? A Comedy Date with David Javerbaum and Michael Krasny
How would God spin 21st-century problems? Emmy award-winning comedy writer David Javerbaum, former head writer and executive producer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, has a few ideas! Javerbaum serves as “God’s ghost writer” in his new book, The Book of Pslams: 97 Divine Diatribes on Humanity’s Total Failure and is a veteran of other “God collaborations”—the Broadway show An Act of God and the popular twitter account @TheTweetofGod. He is in conversation with Michael Krasny, an award-winning journalist and retired public radio host of KQED Forum and the author of Let There Be Laughter: A Treasury of Great Jewish Humor and What It All Means. Come prepared to laugh your heart out!
Wrestling With Moon Knight’s Judaism
Over the last few years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has made an effort to increase its representation of minorities. Moon Knight, released on Disney+ in March, became the first MCU project to feature a Jewish superhero.
Pot-Peddling Pensioners
In Israeli film Greener Pastures, retiree Dov gets a new lease on life when he begins selling surplus medical marijuana from his fellow nursing home residents on the black market.
Book Review | The Netanyahus Takes Off
When 41-year-old American novelist Joshua Cohen won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction last week for his semi-roman à clef, The Netanyahus, the first question occurring to close observers of Israeli culture and politics wasn’t “Is it good for the Jews?” but “How bad is it for Bibi and the family brand?”
The Future of Berlin’s Jewish Museum
With a new core exhibition and a new director, the Jewish Museum Berlin hopes to overcome past controversies and make the museum a space for people of all backgrounds to engage with the history of Jewish life in Germany.
The indomitable Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop with Mallory Lewis, Nat Segaloff and Sarah Breger
Famed ventriloquist and creator of the iconic puppet Lamb Chop, Shari Lewis was one of the few women to run her own television production company at a time when most women were shut out of the industry. Lewis and Lamb Chop entertained generations of children with their many television shows, including specials about Hanukkah and Passover. Mallory Lewis, Emmy Award-winning performer and daughter of Shari, and TV writer-producer Nat Segaloff, join Moment editor Sarah Breger for a conversation about Lewis’ stage and TV career, how Judaism influenced her work, the challenges of being a businesswoman in a male dominated field and how she and her puppet became iconic stars loved by millions. Mallory Lewis and Segaloff are the authors of the forthcoming book Shari Lewis & Lamb Chop: The Team That Changed Children’s Television.
This program is in celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month.
Jan Karski: Witness to the Holocaust with David Strathairn, Derek Goldman and Amy E. Schwartz
Actor David Strathairn, nominated for an Academy Award for his role as journalist Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck, has dedicated himself to portraying great men. He’s currently performing as Jan Karski, the World War II hero who risked his life to carry his harrowing eye-witness report about the Holocaust from war-torn Poland to the Allied Nations and, ultimately, the White House, only to be ignored and disbelieved. Strathairn is in conversation with playwright Derek Goldman and Moment’s books and opinion editor Amy E. Schwartz about the play, Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski and why this courageous man’s story may be more relevant than ever.
This program is part of the Moment Theater Festival and part of a Moment series on antisemitism supported by the Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation.