The U.S. and the Holocaust leaves a vital question unanswered: Is this the kind of nation we want to live and worship in?
Holocaust
Opera Album Review: Finally on CD — a Searing ’60s Opera from Russia about the Nazi Era
Moissey Vainberg’s opera powerfully evokes the brutality of Hitler’s extermination camps and the moral ambiguity of postwar Germany.
Film Review: “The Survivor” – (Living in the Past, Looking to the Future)
Ben Foster shines in Barry Levinson’s grim tale of love, loss, and hope.
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.