For many Jews watching the 71st Academy Awards last week, the telecast surely scaled new heights of Hollywood surrealism, as the ceremony seemed to honor an unusually disproportionate preponderance of films with Jewish content and their non-Jewish creators.
For promoters and lovers of Jewish books, now is the season of our deep content.
On a cold winter day in 1974, 13-year-old Tony Goldwyn stared, shocked, as his father said Kaddish over his grandfather\’s grave.
I have been reading two books lately, sort of shifting from one to the other — a bad habit, I know, but it has been with me too long to correct at this point.
A 1998 article about Chicago collector Stephen Durschslag\’s haggadah collection set the number of different haggadot on his shelves at 4,500, increasing almost daily.
Rarely has Jewish talent and Jewish themes received as much recognition as at the last Academy Awards of this century.
The idea for Rochelle Majer Krich\’s new mystery, \”Blood Money,\” goes back to the day she discovered some startling photographs in her parents\’ china closet.
Something has happened to \”Cabaret\” on its way to the Wilshire Theatre in Los Angeles.
The next time you want to glimpse a bit of Hollywood history, check out the video of that wonderful 1940s John Garfield film, \”Body and Soul,\” which was written by Abraham Polonsky and directed by Robert Rossen.
