‘The Office’ Star B.J. Novak Coming to Katz JCC
B.J. Novak, best known for co-writing “The Office” and playing its hilarious and depraved con man character Ryan Howard, will culminate the Katz JCC’s...
You Should Know…Moriel Rothman-Zecher
An asymptote is a line that approaches a given curve but never touches it. On a graph, the mathematical concept looks like two functions...
You Should Know…Isaac Blum
He’s an author — not an architect — but Isaac Blum is concerned with windows and mirrors nonetheless.
In his debut novel, “The Life and...
Philly Native Details Disney Labor Disputes in Book
The man who helped create Disney Studios’ golden age was the same man who also helped end it.
Art Babbitt, a Jewish animator for Disney...
‘Fiddler’ Documentary Celebrates Jewish Goy
"Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen” is a documentary about the non-Jewish film director, Norman Jewison, who turned the classic Jewish story and play,...
For First Time, Female Israeli Authors Outpaced Males in Publishing in 2021
For the first time ever, female authors in Israel published more books of prose and poetry than men.
Before WWII, Jewish Mobsters Kept Nazis at Bay in the US — With Their...
Nathan Perlman sat at a bar and thought, “How come these Nazis get to march down 86th Street?"
Last Word: Marcia Bass Brody Shows Her Southern Charm on TV, in Book
In “The Brady Bunch”, a young Jan whines “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!”, lamenting how her sister always seems to get acclaim effortlessly.
The same seems to...
Cheltenham Author to Publish Debut Novel
For authors, ideas for a story seem to come from thin air — a spontaneous idea, a line from a remembered conversation. For Eileen...
Joshua Cohen’s Satirical Novel ‘The Netanyahus’ Wins Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The 2022 Pulitzer Prize in fiction went to “The Netanyahus."
