American filmmakers have had a notoriously difficult time bringing Jewish stories to the screen. For decades, they kept mum on things Jewish for fear of

David Mamet’s Race, Donald Margulies’s Collected Stories, and Mike Burtsyn in the National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene’s The Adventures of Hershele Ostropolyer.   Race Is race still the most

Movies! Movies! Movies! Film festivals continue to be a rich showcase for the latest Jewish films—documentaries from around the world, Israeli feature films and Sefardic

Where have all the delis gone and How Jewish is Bob Dylan are two burning questions our reviewers address. On a more serious note, two writers discuss the hidden Ringelblum Archives

Seasons of the Moon: Photographs, Essays and Poems by Yaakov Asher Sinclair. (Focus Publishing, 167 pp. $64.99 or go to www.seasonsofthemoon.com for $49.95) This book not only

RECORDINGS Dancing in the Glory The Jewish Renewal Nava Tehila synagogue in Jerusalem has produced a recording of the original music used at their Friday

NONFICTION Primo Levi’s Universe: A Writer’s Journey  by Sam Magavern.  (Palgrave Macmillan, 240 pp. $24.95) While suffering with fellow prisoners doomed to Auschwitz, Primo Levi—chemist,

Tribute to a Hero Gloria Goldreich’s review (Books, December/January issue) of Toby Belfer Learns About Heroes and Martyrs (Pelican Publishing) refers to “Corrie Ten Bloom,