Marissa Brostoff, a doctoral student in English at the CUNY Graduate Center, is a former staff writer at Tablet and the
Forward
.
Theater & Dance
The Jewish Fringe
A look at four plays from New York’s Fringe Festival
By
Marissa Brostoff
· August 17, 2009
The Scroll
Fatah Elects a Jew
Uri Davis calls himself ‘a Palestinian, Hebrew, of Jewish origin, anti-Zionist’
By
Marissa Brostoff
· August 17, 2009
The Scroll
Palestinians Are Jewish
Claims eccentric Israeli entrepreneur
By
Marissa Brostoff
· August 14, 2009
The Scroll
Sex, Kabbalah, and the Academy at Fringe
NYC theater festival starts this week
By
Marissa Brostoff
· August 13, 2009
The Scroll
Madoff Had Affair With Hadassah CFO
She testified against him
By
Marissa Brostoff
· August 13, 2009
The Scroll
Talmud Calls for Universal Health Care
Says Reform movement leader
By
Marissa Brostoff
· August 12, 2009
The Scroll
Ang Lee Takes Woodstock
With the help of a bunch of Jews
By
Marissa Brostoff
· August 12, 2009
The Scroll
Ortho Group Worked on Hudson Crash Scene
Misaskim shows up whenever Jewish bodies are involved
By
Marissa Brostoff
· August 11, 2009
The Scroll
Joshua Fattal, Detained Hiker and Brooklyn Yeshiva Student
Same name, different men—despite what the blogosphere is saying
By
Marissa Brostoff
· August 10, 2009
Observance
Big Tent Country
A Bozeman, Montana, congregation found its rabbi: a former lawyer with a non-Jewish wife
By
Marissa Brostoff
· August 10, 2009
The Scroll
An Orthodox-Reform Divide on Health Care?
Reform rabbi wants universal coverage; Orthodox doesn’t
By
Marissa Brostoff
· August 7, 2009
The Scroll
Writer Budd Schulberg Dies
Writer, former Communist, name-namer, and maybe bad for the Jews
By
Marissa Brostoff
· August 6, 2009
The Scroll
So What If von Brunn Hated Jews?
Does a ‘hate crime’ designation really mean anything?
By
Marissa Brostoff
· August 5, 2009
The Scroll
A New Street on the Block
Introducing Z Street, a counterpoint to J Street
By
Marissa Brostoff
· August 4, 2009
The Scroll
No Arrests in Tel Aviv Gay Center Attack
Was it homophobia?
By
Marissa Brostoff
· August 3, 2009
Theater & Dance
False Witness
A play examines the notion that Nazis made soap from Jewish flesh
By
Marissa Brostoff
· July 21, 2009
The Scroll
Oregon Ban on Religious Clothes for Teachers
Brings people together
By
Marissa Brostoff
· July 17, 2009
The Scroll
New ‘Harry Potter’ Is a Holocaust Allegory
Or else it’s a Christ allegory
By
Marissa Brostoff
· July 17, 2009
The Scroll
Arafat Was Poisoned
And a conspiracy was behind it, says Fatah official
By
Marissa Brostoff
· July 15, 2009
The Scroll
Moscow Circus Monkeys Around
With Jews-as-primates imagery
By
Marissa Brostoff
· July 13, 2009
The Scroll
Satmar Mayor Praises Obama on Israel
Supports divinely mandated peace plan
By
Marissa Brostoff
· July 9, 2009
The Scroll
Jewish Comedy, Then and Now
Cranky essayist prefers the early, funny stuff
By
Marissa Brostoff
· July 9, 2009
Film
Sitmom
A documentary examines the life of Gertrude Berg, the driving force behind TV’s
The Goldbergs
By
Marissa Brostoff
· July 9, 2009
The Scroll
Blacks are Cursed, Obama Is Evil
Say Russian-language Israeli media, while denying racism
By
Marissa Brostoff
· July 7, 2009
The Scroll
Formula One Still Likes Nazis
Hitler not all bad, auto-racing honcho says
By
Marissa Brostoff
· July 6, 2009
The Scroll
Gaza Blockade Keeps the Swine Flu Away
West Bank not so lucky
By
Marissa Brostoff
· July 2, 2009
The Scroll
Holocaust Survivors Will Get Assets
Left by heirless Jews
By
Marissa Brostoff
· July 1, 2009
Family
Sister Acts
A pair of twins navigate geographic and political divides
By
Marissa Brostoff
· July 1, 2009
Theater & Dance
The Damascus Affair
Playwright David Adjmi’s love-hate relationship with his Syrian Jewish roots
By
Marissa Brostoff
· June 30, 2009
United States
A View from the Courtroom
A dispatch from Madoff’s sentencing
By
Marissa Brostoff
· June 29, 2009
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