Tom Tugend
‘Via Dolorosa’ travels a modern path
When Philip Roth met with David Hare in the mid-1990s, the American novelist urged the British playwright to visit Israel, Gaza and the West Bank.
Gov. signs, vetoes Holocaust-related bills
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, faced with two bills rooted in the Nazi era, has signed one and vetoed the other.
Getty traces ownership of Nazi-era looted art
The Getty Research Institute (GRI) is in the process of combining old-fashioned detective work, modern technology and the scholarly tools of art history to help identify the rightful owners, mainly Jews, of paintings forcibly taken by the Hitler regime.
Loyola hosts Nazi medicine exhibit
“Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race,” an exhibit illustrating how German doctors and Nazi ideologues misused science to legitimize persecution, murder and genocide, is now on display at Loyola Marymount University, through Nov. 24.
Ninety-nine years young, what makes Ruth Gruber run?
Ruth Gruber, a maker and witness to history for 70 years, is too busy giving interviews about her upcoming documentary to spare much thought for her 99th birthday, coming Sept. 30.
Sherman Grancell, 100, shows his pioneer spirit
Politicians may well envy Sherman Grancell, who is regularly re-elected without any campaigning or attack television commercials.
Jewish joke book ‘Not-So-Kosher’ is oh-so-funny
When Sam Hoffman was organizing material for his book “Old Jews Telling Jokes: 5,000 Years of Funny Bits and Not-So-Kosher Laughs” (Villard Books) into chapters, he ran into a problem.
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