Ben Foster shines in Barry Levinson’s grim tale of love, loss, and hope.
Holocaust
Television Review: “The Survivor” — What Price Survival?
The Survivor examines what happens to someone who made the decision to survive in Auschwitz — no matter how.
Book Review: Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstadt” — Closing the Circle, Perfectly
This is a great work, more linear than Tom Stoppard’s earlier dramas, yet filled with such intelligence and compassion that it will be read and seen for years and years and, perhaps, over time be regarded as his richest, most haunting play.
Book Review: The Books of András Koerner — Acts of Wondrous Remembrance
Writer András Koerner has dedicated himself, lovingly and brilliantly, to assiduously reconstruct the lives of ordinary Jews in Hungary before the Shoah.
Film Review: “The Painted Bird” — A Memorable Vision of the Worst That Can Be Imagined
The Painted Bird is a coming-of-age story populated by the worst of humankind.
Book Review: “Franci’s War” — A Very Relevant Holocaust Memoir
Here we have the story of a young Czech woman who could not only take a piece of fabric and shape it into a gorgeous dress, but could also take her experiences during WWII and shape them into a compelling memoir.
Book Review: The Holocaust’s Jewish Calendars — Protecting the Sacred Value of Time
Alan Rosen’s book thoughtfully illuminates the perilous calendrical devotion of Jews during the Holocaust, seeing it as a form of resistance.
Book Review: “Hunting the Truth” — Models of Activism
Hunting the Truth is a handbook on how to become an effective activist and an exciting, often awe-inspiring read.
Remembrance: Aharon Appelfeld — A Displaced Writer of Displaced Fiction
“Everything about the Holocaust already seems so thoroughly unreal, as if it no longer belongs to the experience of our generation, but to mythology…”
Book Review: “The Menorah” and “The Book of Aron”
Two books — one nonfiction, the other fiction — that deal with Jewish history.