Dateline Manchester, New Hampshire, a week before the presidential primary. The setting was a CNN Town Hall meeting. The query came from Rabbi Jonathan Spira-Savett of Temple Beth Abraham in Nashua...
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Morning Briefing: Feb 3 – Walken Closets, Madoff, and the Park Slope Coop
ABC TV in North America will premiere a miniseries on the life of convicted felon Bernie Madoff on Wednesday night. Watch as he bilks rich investors and Hadassah out of their savings. Actor Richard...
Evening Briefing Jan 27: The Struma, the Pollard Snitches & AEPi
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It recalls the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp in Poland. The New York Times marked the day by highlighting an obituary it had prepared years...
Evening Briefing Jan 26: Abe, Hillary, Iowa Jew-Baiting, and Clooney
Abe Vigoda, a beloved actor, passed away at the age of 94 today, at the home of his daughter in New Jersey. With deep set eyes, and a weary look, he gained fame in his fifties as Tessio, a mafia...
What’s Hot at Sundance 2016
The 2016 Sundance Film Festival started Thursday, and already a film has been purchased… by Amazon. One can say that this is representative of the market for indie films… that Amazon and Netflix and...
2015 Jewish Book Awards: Too White? Too Jewish?
Last Wednesday, just hours from the Oscar nominees announcements in Los Angeles, the Jewish Book Council announced its finalists and winners of the 2015 National Jewish Book Awards, North America’s...