Archives for October 2015
October 2015
DVD Documentaries, Patterns of Evidence and The Return
Filmmaker Timothy Mahoney spent 12 years searching for archaeological proof of the biblical Exodus.
Art and War, on Film
Phoenix This haunting German movie is set in rubble-strewn 1945 Berlin after war’s end. Nelly, a Jewish nightclub singer, returns from Auschwitz with a bullet-scarred
Fields of Exile: A Review
Given the virulent and irrational anti-Israel climate prevalent on college campuses, Nora Gold’s insightful and fluid novel is most welcome.
Much Ado About Doing
Jean-Paul Sartre, in his existentialist play No Exit, posits that what you have actually done—not what you have been—is what defines your life. In Hebrew,
In Vienna, Missing No More
Artist Ruth Beckerman conceived of a way to complete the humiliating scene of a Jew lying face down scrubbing the floor, brush in hand, by including looped video…
A Bridge Between Heaven and Earth
The 1,300-foot bridge in Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon in Hunan Province is at a dizzying height of more than 1,000 feet.