spectator Archives – Jewish Journal

Spectator – The Taboo Expressionist

Ariella Cohen November 10, 2005

Tattooing is an act of indelible self-expression. As such, it serves as an ideal vehicle for Jill Ciment\’s new novel, \”The Tattoo Artist.\”

‘Ferris’ Singer’s Day Off

Michael Aushenker June 3, 1999

When Spectator caught up with Monique Powell, lead singer of the pop sensation Save Ferris, she was wandering around Anaheim, tired, displaced and searching for food.

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William Yelles January 29, 1998

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Diane Arieff June 26, 1997

In July 1947, a Chesapeake Bay steamer loaded with 4,500 Holocaust survivors was attacked by the British navy on its way to Palestine. The ship was called Exodus 1947, and its aborted voyage galvanized world opinion in support of the struggle to create a Jewish state.

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Diane Arieff May 29, 1997

If you didn\’t know that David Rose was one of our priceless assets, proceed to his pen and ink drawings on exhibit at the University of Judaism\’s Platt Gallery. A look at this lively body of work suggests that virtually everywhere 20th-century Jewish history was being made, David Rose was there.