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jonathan kirsch
The story of a Jewish enclave in the Soviet Union
Jonathan Kirsch
August 17, 2016
Who can tell the things that befell us in Birobidzhan?
Musings and insight on the afterlife
Jonathan Kirsch
August 3, 2016
There’s nothing surprising about a man or woman who muses about death in the later years of life.
Writer-director talks about adapting Roth’s ‘Indignation’
Jonathan Kirsch
July 27, 2016
“Indignation,” the new movie based on a novel by the immortal Philip Roth, opens with a skirmish in Korea in 1951 and ends with a scene so shocking that I cannot reveal it here, although readers of the book will know what’s coming.
Letters to the editor: Ringling Bros. Circus, Dennis Prager, Jerusalem Syndrome and more
Jewish Journal
July 27, 2016
I am an avid reader of the Jewish Journal who found the recent article “Ringling Bros. Circus Has Been a Feld Family Affair for Three Generations” very disturbing (July 22).
Murder and the nuance of language
Jonathan Kirsch
July 14, 2016
A lawyerly question provides the starting point for a wholly remarkable new book by Philippe Sands, “East West Street: On the Origins of ‘Genocide’ and ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ ” (Knopf).
New Articles
Why Are Presidential Statements About Jews So Weak?
Rafael Medoff
April 26, 2024
UCLA Hillel on Pro-Palestinian Encampment: Jewish Students “Feeling the Intensity of the Situation”
Aaron Bandler
April 26, 2024
USC Cancels Main Commencement Ceremony
Aaron Bandler
April 26, 2024
Chosen Links – Colleges and Passover Edition – April 25, 2024
Boaz Hepner
April 26, 2024
Nova Festival Exhibit in Manhattan Harrowing and Inspiring
Alan Zeitlin
April 26, 2024
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