The New Jewish State
May 18, 2000
I have been reading a fascinating book, \”The Jewish State: The Struggle for Israel\’s Soul,\”\”that has set me to thinking about Jewish identity — both in Israel and in the United States.
Gene Lichtenstein
Inventing Oneself
May 11, 2000
In Philip Roth\’s new novel, \”The Human Stain,\” a classics professor at a small New England college creates a fictional identity for himself.
New Sculptures Debuted
February 17, 2000
Sculptures by two prominent local artists are now on permanent display.
A Weekend in San Francisco
February 17, 2000
Lisa Schiffman\’s book, \”Generation J\” (Harper San Francisco) is a personal memoir, a travelogue of her adventures exploring Judaism.
Culture, High & Low
January 13, 2000
Billy Wilder made movies — not auteur films in the manner of Truffaut, not carefully composed scenes like Hitchcock, not \”cinema.\” But movies that were mostly witty and almost always entertaining.
Jewish Croatia: Through the Looking Glass
December 2, 1999
The Croatian Tourist Office in conjunction with Lufthansa had generously put together a 12 day guest package, hoping we would like what we saw (after all, parts of Croatia, especially the Dalmatian coast on the Adriatic Sea, are quite beautiful). The thought was we would combine descriptions of the famous tourist sights with a report to our readers on the life and times of Jewish Croatia.
Tweaking David Ives ‘Ancient History’
September 16, 1999
Dear David Ives:
I attended a preview performance of your play \”Ancient History\” last Saturday (Sept. 11) at the Fountain Theatre, where a member of the production company announced that the play still needed \”tweaking,\” and so we should feel free to pass along our comments and suggestions.
Russian Artists on Display
January 21, 1999
It\’s common knowledge that the Jewish exodus from Russia in the late 1980s brought to Israel a flood of talented artists and musicians.
The Artistry of ‘Art’
January 21, 1999
Tongue of a Bird,\” now playing at the Mark Taper Forum, is a confoundedly difficult play.
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