‘While I’m Here’: A Look Back at Theodore Bikel
Theodore Bikel was an actor, a folksinger, a Yiddish speaker, an activist. Now, a group of musicians is making its own attempt at preserving Bikel's legacy. ...
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Arts & Culture
Poetry That is Better Than Poetry
There have been Jewish American poets for about as long as there has been American poetry....
Good Enough to Read
Something has happened to cookbooks in the past 20 years or so. They have moved from the kitchen to the coffee table and even to the nightstand as more and more have developed captivating narratives to go along with the recipes. ...
Book Review // The Angel by Uri Bar-Joseph
Nine years have passed since the mysterious death of Ashraf Marwan, the senior Egyptian government official who volunteered to spy for Israel’s Mossad. Marwan remains at the center of a bitter controversy over why the October 1973 attack that launched the Yom Kippur War took...
Top Ten Jewish Podcasts
If you don’t listen to a podcast (or eight), your coworker probably does—or your best friend, or your brother, or your grandma. Podcasts are the medium du jour, though the term itself—barely a decade old—is already a bit outdated. ...
Talk of the Table // Foods To Beat The Heat
Not all Jewish food is the heavy, hearty fare meant to sustain Eastern European ancestors through dark, cold winters. But Jews, of course, don’t come from just Eastern Europe—many come from hot-weather climates and have a culinary canon that suits the heat. Here are some...
The Curious Case of Dorothy L. Sayers & the Jew Who Wasn’t There
A devoted reader examines the odd relationship between the so-called queen of British detective fiction and her Jewish characters....
Speaking Volumes // Anna Solomon on Unto the Soul
Around the time I first read Aharon Appelfeld’s Unto the Soul (1994), I was just barely starting to write about Jews....
Books That Shaped Great Authors
We asked 20 prominent Jewish authors to discuss the books that shaped them....