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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

Classical Music Review: The Boston Camerata’s Extraordinary Bridge

All in all, this Boston Camerata concert featured fine musicianship, expertise in voice and every instrument, scholarly renditions of the scores and texts, and joyful music making.

By: Anthony J. Palmer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: and Muslims in Medieval Europe, Anne Azéma, Christians, Jews, Muslims, The Boston Camerata, The Sacred Bridge: 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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