July 11th marked the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to permit a march by neo-Nazis across Skokie, Illinois. The Skokie case is noteworthy for
Nearly 85 years have passed since the first Kindertransport from Nazi-occupied Europe. Despite abundant documentation that England accepted approximately 10,000 Jewish children, the stories of
Alex Salazar and his younger brother Andres closely resemble each other, and work in tandem to aid Colombian Jews—but each operates from different continents. On
Marc Weiner is a disabilities attorney and a highly skilled playwright. When I interview him, his approach to the subject of Hidden, his recent off-Broadway
Sometimes, the best things happen serendipitously—or rather, providentially. It’s 2019 and I’m in North London, just prior to my departure home. My friend advises me
When Elan Ganeles, a dual American Israeli citizen, and a brilliant graduate of Columbia University, was murdered on February 27, the story figured prominently in
It’s Sunday, September 18, and a watershed event at the 92nd Street Y’s Unterberg Poetry Center. The Center’s Web site motto? “…where the community connects
I sit, spellbound, in the small, dimly lit West Side theater where three blonde uber-Aryan, thoroughly indoctrinated teen girls vacillate emotionally between anxiety, frustration, giddiness,
Michael Takiff is a quintessential Renaissance man—honors Yale graduate, standup comic, classical singer, presidential biographer and oral historian, whose true passion is acting. Despite pre-show
Prepare yourself for 90 minutes of unrelenting, side-splitting laughter. Ashley Blaker may be slight of build, but he is a giant in terms of his
Kristallnacht, on November 10, marked the beginning of Hitler’s unchecked rampage of genocide throughout Europe, and the near decimation of its Jewry. The staggering nature
Herman Wouk passed on May 17, of this year, just a few days before his 104th birthday. A Pulitzer Prize winner (“The Caine Mutiny,” 1951)
