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Jews

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.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: András Koerner’, cookbook, Holocaust, Hungary, Jewish Cuisine in Hungary, Jews, Shoah, Susan Miron

Book Review: The Sad Tenderness of Patrick Modiano’s “Dora Bruder”

Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano understands that time periods can mesh, interpenetrate, layer up, blend, and blur naturally in the mind.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, World Books Tagged: Dora Bruder, french, Jews, Parsian, Patrick Modiano, translation, University of California Press, World War II

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.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: 18th Annual Jewish Film Festival, documentary, His Wife's Lover, Holocaust, Jewish Film Festival, Jews, My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heros, Oren Jacoby, Paul Dervis

TV Review: Simon Schama Tells His “Story of the Jews”

Simon Schama just can’t stop going on about religion and the extra-special Jewish feel for beauty that has, to his mind, kept Judaism vibrant and intact through the ages.

By: Harvey Blume Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: Harvey Blume, Jews, Simon Schama, Story of the Jews

Short Fuse: Tarantino’s Nazi-killing Cotton Candy

By Harvey Blume Let me tell you why I heartily dislike and contemn Quentin Tarantino’s “The Inglorious Basterds.”

By: Harvey Blume Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: Jews, Nazi, Quentin Tarantino, Short Fuse, the Holocaust, The inglorious Basterds

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