Jewish History & Culture
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The People's Architect: Upcoming Retrospective of Moshe Safdie Shows Architect's Global Vision
Moshe Safdie's new Guerin Pavillion at the Skirball... View Original Article -
The Comic Genius of Allan Sherman
Mark Cohen on his new Sherman biography and what it means to be funny in America... View Original Article -
The 'Arch Henchman'
Review of 'The Trial of Ivan the Terrible' by Tom Teicholz View Original Article -
Tony Curtis, movie star and philanthropist to Hungarian Jewish life, dies.
Tony Curtis died yesterday of cardiac arrest at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada where he had been living for... View Original Article -
My Nazi Revenge
On the eve of what may be the last Nazi Trial, the son of Holocaust survivors recalls encounters with two accused war criminals. View Original Article -
My father, who was not a hero
Jun 14, 2007 ... He left his mark fighting in the Shoah, spearheading postwar relief efforts, aiding migration to Palestine - and on me. by Tom Teicholz. June 14Â ...... View Original Article -
Israel's Holden Caulfield: On Yair Assulin's "The Drive"
YAIR ASSULIN"S The Drive, an award-winning Israeli novel first published in Hebrew in 2011, has just been released in the United States by New Vessel Press, in a translation by Jessica Cohen. It is a slim book that speaks volumes about the current state of Israel.The Drive represents a new landmark in Israeli fiction. Israel has always had a strong national literature with many respected novelists, from S. Y. Agnon, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1966, to such… -
Tom Teicholz: Award-winning journalist, writer & producer
Tom Teicholz: Award-winning journalist, writer &Â pr... View Original Article -
A Rock Impresario Gets a Museum Show
A Rock Impresario Gets a Museum Show | Culture | Je... View Original Article -
Heroes of the Great Patriotic War
Heroes of the Great Patriotic War | Tom Teicholz View Original Article -
The first Jewish president? Lincoln, in the Abrahamic tradition
Abraham Lincoln has been dead for almost 150 years, yet suddenly he's everywhere. At the Skirball Cultural Center, you can see an original copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, signed by Lincoln, amid an impressive array of founding American documents. View Original Article -
A Bed of Roses
In person, Larry Miller, president of Sit 'n Sleep, is less 'Crazy Eddie' and more 'Uncle Larry.' When I went to visit him in his executive offices in Gardena, next to his 240,000-square-foot warehouse, he struck me, no kidding, as a man who sleeps well at night. View Original Article