Aviva Kempner Champions Unsung Heroes
I met Aviva Kempner years ago in her Washington, DC home, when she had already made documentaries for over 20 years. When we met again,
I met Aviva Kempner years ago in her Washington, DC home, when she had already made documentaries for over 20 years. When we met again,
February 4: The Barrymore Theater’s 1058 seats are filled for the closing performance of Harmony. I weave through half a block of two parallel ticket
It’s been 78-plus years since the Holocaust, and once again, antisemitism has exponentially risen. Heaven Forbid that the current hostility to Jews should become pervasive
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