Archives for August 2016
August 2016
More on Woody Allen, Arthur Frommer
Readers showed great interest in our profile of Arthur and Pauline Frommer, and we heard from the author of the new Woody Allen biography.
The Kind Words
In Shemi Zarhin’s award-winning tragicomedy, feisty Dorona and her two brothers search for the truth of their parentage following their mother’s death.
The Tenth Man
In this charming comedy, nebbish Ariel returns to Buenos Aires from New York to see his father, Usher, but Usher never shows.
On DVD: ‘To Life’ and ‘Princess’
Reviews of two films now out on DVD: "To Life" and "Princess."
Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk
A review of a popular traveling exhibit featuring 25 reproductions of Arthur Szyk’s political caricatures.
The Poems of H. Leivick and Others
For those who know Yiddish poetry, this book of beautiful poems in English revisits old friends; for newcomers, it is a cogent introduction.
Odessa: Babel, Ladyzhensky, and the Soul of a City
ODESSA: Babel, Ladyzhensky, and the Soul of a City The juxtaposition of text from Isaac Babel’s writings with more than 50 paintings and drawings by