Arts
Searching for a bridge to the past
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Jason Sommer had an uneasy childhood with a smart, gregarious father whose Shoah experience hovered just...
‘Sadie on a Plate’ spans romance, cooking
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Sadie Rosen will never cook lunch in Seattle again. Fired from the Green Onion, where she...
Talented cast elevates ‘Two Jews Walk Into a War …’
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN In the days when Vaudeville was hot, before a show hit Broadway it had tryouts in various...
A musician’s musician
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Apparently, I conducted a phone interview with musician David Bromberg on March 11, 2020. I barely recall...
On hating Jews, who are both lesser and greater
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER David Baddiel says that among typical progressives whose hearts bleed for every oppressed minority, Jews don’t...
Art from the nadir of humanity
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Holocaust art is not a very popular genre. Do you really want a graphic drawing of a...
Gehry’s masterpieces
A general view from Main Street of the three components of the Chiat/Day complex, Venice, Calif., including what’s known as...
Six Points Theater presents virtual New-Play Reading Festival
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Jewish festivals have various durations: Purim lasts but one day, while Hanuka encompasses eight crazy nights (as...
‘Knocker on Doors’ brings soldiers home
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Israeli attorney Ory Slonim likely gave up much potential income in a three-decade effort to bring...
Marvels of Judaism
The Joseph ibn Shoshan Synagogue, Toledo, Spain (ca. 1180), is a “rare and extraordinary example of a five-aisled synagogue,” according...
