23
Jul
Reunited in Reunified Berlin
Nadine Epstein returns to a changed city.
22
Jul
Speaking Volumes // Austin Ratner on E.L. Doctorow
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navid
Many writers seem daunted by the autobiographical novel—ashamed to write of themselves, as if that were either self-indulgence or exploitation. And of course with James Joyce and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man as a paragon, many do not even dare to try. But Joyce didn’t frighten off E.L. Doctorow, who mined his own Depression-era childhood in New York for the 1986 National Book Award-winning World’s Fair.
20
Jul
Jewish Organizations Tackle Prison Reform
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Sala Levin
Prison reform is having a legislative moment — a step in the right direction, Jewish organizations say.
16
Jul
Book Review // Lincoln and the Jews: A History
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Moment
In this probing, lavishly illustrated volume, the historian of American Jewry, Jonathan Sarna, and Benjamin Shapell, a leading collector of Civil War documents and artifacts, interweave two texts: a chronicle of Lincoln’s cordial relations with Jews and an extensive gallery of letters, photos and prints.
16
Jul
Book Review // Léon Blum: Prime Minister, Socialist, Zionist
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In November 1938, as Hitler was preaching his gospel of hate, French Prime Minister Léon Blum delivered a speech to the International League Against Anti-Semitism about “the tragic Jewish question.” Urging European nations to open their doors to the growing number of Jewish refugees who had been condemned “to a bitter and unfortunate fate,” he left no doubt about his identity…
16
Jul
Book Review // The Pawnbroker’s Daughter: A Memoir
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The recently published posthumous publication, The Pawnbroker’s Daughter: A Memoir, draws attention to the powers of endurance of the American Jewish poet Maxine Kumin (1925-2014). The Yiddish word for strength, koyach, might have been the middle name of Kumin, a skilled swimmer and horsewoman who battled back after a near-fatal carriage-driving accident at age 73
15
Jul
“Tehrangeles” Mayor “Cautiously Optimistic” About Deal
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Anna Isaacs
“I think that it has much more positive to offer than negative,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. “But we have to keep a careful eye.”
14
Jul
Balancing Faith and Politics
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by Amara McLaughlin
Issues of faith and morality in policy-making are at the forefront of the 2016 U.S. presidential race. Hot topics like gender, marriage equality,...
14
Jul
The Other “Woman in Gold”
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In August 1903, a 22-year-old Viennese Jewish socialite by the name of Adele Bloch-Bauer wrote to a friend that the renowned Austrian painter Gustav Klimt had agreed to paint her portrait. It was to be a commission from her husband, sugar industrialist Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer. The cost, according to Anne-Marie O’Connor’s book The Lady in Gold, was considerable—4,000 crowns at the time, or about a “quarter of the price of a well-appointed country villa.” Klimt could not start the portrait until winter, so it wasn’t until December that the young Adele ventured to his studio to sit for the portrait.
07
Jul
A Matter of Dreams
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The education revolution among Bedouin women has opened up opportunities previous generations could never have imagined. But tribal traditions that limit their freedom—including polygamy—still prevail.
06
Jul
Book Review // Ally
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Ally would have been a more effective book if Oren had taken the time to consider the impact of his take-no-prisoners approach, writes Glenn Frankel.
01
Jul
Author Q&A: After Snowden
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Moment spoke with Ronald Goldfarb, editor of After Snowden: Privacy, Secrecy and Security in the Information Age about the USA Freedom Act, what it means, and whether Snowden has yet won his battle for privacy.