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Images of real-life women who were forced to start new lives will be part of Leslie Nobler’s forthcoming “Book of Heroines.” Photos courtesy Leslie Nobler
July 15, 2020, 11:32 am
Portrait of an artist in quarantine
For Leslie Nobler, creating Jewish art is ‘the best form of charity’
By Johanna R Ginsberg
Meryl Ain is the author of several books, including her first work of fiction, “The Takeaway Men.” Photo by Diana Berrent
July 8, 2020, 1:09 pm
A double take on Holocaust memory
Meryl Ain’s debut novel, set in 1950s Queens, centers on a very different pair of twins
By Sandee Brawarsky
When asked about whether he harbors anger toward God about his blindness, Sanford Greenberg says, “I would be lying if I said no. I have felt anger, but rarely. I believe in what Harry Truman said: ‘I have no time for bitterness.’” Photo by M. Morgan
July 1, 2020, 2:24 pm
Investing legend Sanford Greenberg looks back on a life of blindness
By Sandee Brawarsky
Ben Taylor says he and Roth laughed well together and spoke of dreams, baseball, food, fiction, Bette Davis and Ava Gardner (Roth had an affair with her in London in the 1980s), and especially their shared interest in American history. Allison West
July 1, 2020, 2:10 pm
A friendship of ‘Rothian’ proportions
Ben Taylor chronicles a long-running conversation ‘neither [of us] could live without’
By Sandee Brawarsky
A stand-up comedian, Jessica Kirson has also had roles in several films and television shows. Photo Courtesy Jessica Kirson
July 1, 2020, 1:46 pm
‘We can laugh at ourselves’
South Orange native Jessica Kirson found her voice in Jewish humor
By Gabe Kahn
Mara Levine, singer of songs extolling social activism
July 1, 2020, 1:06 pm
Jersey folk singer signs with national label
Mara Levine’s repertoire reflects ‘tikkun olam’ influence
By Sherry S. Kirschenbaum
Prolific writer James Baldwin was a prophet of today’s Black Lives Matter movement. His 1974 novel is about a wrongful rape charge against a young black man.
June 17, 2020, 12:30 pm
Unlearning about race: a reading list
Four authors who shook up my inherited assumptions about racial injustice
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Benjamin Balint received the 2020 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish literature.
June 17, 2020, 11:57 am
On the trail of Kafka’s literary afterlife
Benjamin Balint on his prize-winning book on the legal fight over the writer’s legacy
By Sandee Brawarsky
May 13, 2020, 10:37 am
Reading in the time of coronavirus
Recent books for uplift, inspiration
By Sandee Brawarsky
May 13, 2020, 10:22 am
‘Kafka’s Last Trial’ garners prestigious Rohr Prize
Benjamin Balint’s work chronicles the controversial trial in Israeli courts that determined the fate of the great writer’s manuscripts
By Sandee Brawarsky
“American Rabbi Project” podcaster Justin Regan. He’s using his time in isolation to turn material already recorded into new episodes. Courtesy of Justin Regan
April 14, 2020, 2:57 pm
Fifty rabbis for 50 states: Isolation not stopping podcaster
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A scene from “The Plot Against America,” the new HBO miniseries based on a Philip Roth novel. Michele K. Short/WarnerMedia
April 8, 2020, 2:03 pm
Scotch Plains cantor takes star turn in ‘The Plot Against America’
Matt Axelrod tutors ‘rabbi’ John Turturro in HBO miniseries
By Jennifer Altmann
The pandemic has shifted audiences from the seats of a theater to the couch of a living room.
March 18, 2020, 11:13 am
Suddenly, computer screens are the new stages
With museums and concert halls dark, the livestream is a culture lifeline; economic impact uncertain
By Sandee Brawarsky
“Hurricane Forecast”
March 16, 2020, 11:19 am
Garden State festival to offer afternoon of Jewish-themed films
Chair Eric Ascalon is scion of family of artists
By Jed Weisberger
“The Shadow of the Sun”
March 16, 2020, 11:18 am
The films
By Jed Weisberger
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