Drawing on Life
Michael Aushenker
July 12, 2001
Many independent comic book creators strive for respectability in an art form that has often reeked of lowbrow.
Category
Books
Homeboys on Home Plate
Jeremy Hamburgh
July 12, 2001
Peter and Joachim Horvitz, the father-and-son team whose recent compendium, \”The Big Book of Jewish Baseball: An Illustrated Encyclopedia and Anecdotal History,\” sets out to prove that there has been a wealth of Jews who have made significant contributions to our national pastime.
You Go, Girlfriend
Naomi Pfefferman
June 28, 2001
Jennifer Weiner began writing \”Good in Bed\” during a bout of Dumper\’s Regret in 1998.\n\nShe\’d been dating her nice-Jewish-writer boyfriend for a few years, but no engagement ring was forthcoming. So she requested a trial separation. \”I went home and proceeded to think about the relationship, and he went home and proceeded to date someone else,\” she says.\n\n
Literary Jewish Girls
Rahel Musleah
June 21, 2001
It\’s time to make room for a newer generation of American Jewish writers, many of whom are young women who have not even hit 30.
Bad Jews
Naomi Pfefferman
June 7, 2001
\”Bad Jews\” is Shapiro\’s critique of what\’s wrong with contemporary Jewish life — and the Philistine is high on his list.
A Father’s Loss
Dennis Gura
May 17, 2001
Against the Dying of the Light: A Father\’s Journey through Loss\” by Leonard Fein (Jewish Lights Publishing, $19.95)
Through Jewish Eyes
Mike Levy
May 17, 2001
Authors Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld remember the exact moment they conceived the idea for their latest book, \”Anne Frank and Me.\”
New Aspects of Anne
Tom Tugend
May 17, 2001
\nLet\’s say it right up front: The four-hour television miniseries \”Anne Frank\” is the most powerful film on the Holocaust in recent memory, not excepting the fabled \”Schindler\’s List.\”
Exploring Faith’s Price
Charlotte Hildebrand
May 3, 2001
\”Love and Liberation: When the Jews Tore Down the Ghetto Walls\” by Ralph David Fertig (Writers Club Press, $17.95)
On Jan. 9, 1807, Prince Jerome of Prussia decreed that the fortifications of the ancient city of Breslau could be destroyed. After 540 years of isolation, the Jews of Breslau tore down the ghetto gates. Under Napoleonic law, they were now free to pursue their religion while becoming citizens of the state.
Journey’s End
Naomi Pfefferman
May 3, 2001
Lunda Hoyle Gill sat in her spare room at a Westwood assisted-living center, the last stop on her remarkable life journey.\n\nThe artist once traveled to the remotest parts of the globe, racing to paint indigenous peoples before they disappeared. But that was before cancer ravaged her gut and Parkinson\’s disease crippled her fingers. Today, at 72, the artist can no longer paint. She can barely walk or hold a spoon.
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