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Holocaust
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.
Book Review: Marceline Loridan-Ivens’ Memoir of Surviving the Nazi Death Camps
In contrast to similar extermination-camp memoirs, But You Did Not Come Back focuses on the affliction of women.
Theater Review: “The Strawberry Girl” — Harvest of Horror
Israeli Stage has opened its sixth season, which is dedicated exclusively to female playwrights, with a haunting work that examines the complicity of an ordinary German in the Holocaust.
Fuse Film Reviews: At Jewishfilm.2015 — History’s Revelations
The 18th Annual Jewish Film Festival approaches its end with two compelling cinematic looks at Jewish history.
Film Review: “À la Vie” — A Flawless Study of Time and Trauma
À la Vie, screening as part of the 18th Annual Jewish Film Festival, is easily the best film I have seen so far this year.
Fuse Theater Review: Elie Wiesel’s “Choice” — A Tragic Parable About Loss
Despite the well-intentioned efforts of the cast, Eli Wiesel’s words were lost in space.
Book Review: “A Brief Stop on the Road From Auschwitz” — Destined to Become a Classic
Göran Rosenberg has written a calm yet passionate account of events after Auschwitz, a memoir marked by great intelligence and equally great emotional intensity.
Book Review: “Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death” — A New Language for Living with Auschwitz
Otto Dov Kulka’s exploration of the time he spent in Auschwitz as a child won the 2014 Jewish Quarterly-Wingate prize, one of the judges calling it “the greatest book on Auschwitz since Primo Levi.”
