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Sandee Brawarsky
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
Carl Reiner at the Emmys in 1989. Flickr
July 8, 2020, 11:30 am
‘Humor is an angle on the truth’
Remembering the comic genius Carl Reiner
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
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
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
February 26, 2020, 3:54 pm
New releases blooming this spring
By Sandee Brawarsky
Jeremy Rishe, at right, plays the knish man Seth Konig, and Lauren Singerman is his sister Rachel. Photos by Chris Yacopino
February 19, 2020, 12:14 pm
A knish man crosses Delancey
NJ native Cary Gitter ‘works against stereotypes’ in play exploring cross-cultural dating
By Sandee Brawarsky
Rachel Brosnahan as Midge Maisel, with Tony Shalhoub as her father Abe. Courtesy of Tiffany Shinn via Amazon Studios
December 4, 2019, 12:17 pm
Mrs. Maisel takes her show on the road
In Season 3, high-stakes adventures are ahead for Midge, Abe, and the others as a new decade arrives
By Sandee Brawarsky
Fry’s “history and identity” might have sensitized him “to the plight of others who were imperiled,” Orringer says. Brigitte Lacombe
December 4, 2019, 12:02 pm
Clandestine work, hidden life
Historical novel imagines the complex life of Varian Fry, who risked everything to rescue prominent Jewish artists
By Sandee Brawarsky
Gary Rosenblatt, center, at the Nov. 13 gala marking his retirement as editor and publisher of the New York Jewish Week, NJJN’s sister publication. With him are his wife, Judy Rosenblatt, and his three children, from left, Avi and Dov Rosenblatt, and Tali Rosenblatt Cohen. Photo by Nomi Ellenson
November 20, 2019, 12:28 pm
On a journalistic high wire
Gary Rosenblatt’s acclaimed editorship of The Jewish Week was marked by a delicate balancing act
By Sandee Brawarsky
Daniel Oz Photo by Neta Shlezinger
November 20, 2019, 12:03 pm
‘My brevity is about being breathless’
Daniel Oz’s ‘flash fables’ are very short but packed with disruptions and restlessness
By Sandee Brawarsky
September 26, 2019, 11:26 am
Leaf through fall’s new releases
By Sandee Brawarsky
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