Inscribed
Agenda: Footnote to the New York Film Festival, Richard Serra in San Francisco, Mein Kampf in Akko, Woody Allen on Broadway, and more
An App for That
From an iPhone shofar to smart Siddurs, the software company founded by twins Barry and Ronnie Schwartz dominates the Jewish app market
Film Theory
Agenda: Tovah Feldshuh gets old, New York City dines out for farmers, the Klezmatics play Prague, and more
Greetings, ‘Jewish News One’
‘Jewish al Jazeera’ set to launch, broadcasting in English to the Middle East
Instrumentals
Agenda: Leni Riefenstahl screens in Manhattan, I.L. Peretz revived in L.A., caricatures by David Levine at the Met, and more
Hey Rookie, Welcome to the Big League
We’ll try to be okay with you hogging our spotlight
Sundown: Ford’s Travel Angers Syria
Plus, Madoff wants to go to Harvard, Larry David gets a girlfriend, and more
‘Jewish Indiana Jones’ and the Fraud Charges
Menachem Youlus arrested for selling bogus rescued Torahs and pocketing the profits
The Mideast Crack-Up
Robert Worth, David Goldman, Edward Luttwak, Amos Harel, Nathan Thrall, and Lee Smith on the new Arab map
When Berlin Meant Business
Berlin was once home to 50,000 Jewish-owned businesses. A historian is now obsessively reconstructing their demise.
In Praise of Dairy Restaurants
A visit to B&H Restaurant on Second Avenue brings back memories of milchig establishments of yore
Curse of the Survivor
Singer Vera Gran was haunted by allegations of Nazi collaboration. A new book asks if survival made her guilty.
