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What Made the Saddles Blaze
Your Long Story Short preview
On Monday, Tablet Magazine rolls out our much-anticipated list of the top 100 Jewish films ever made. As an accompaniment to that, Long Story Short, our long-format podcast hosted by Liel Liebovitz, invited A.O. Scott of the New York Times and Jody Rosen of Slate into the studio to talk about what makes a movie Jewish and about what their own top picks would be. In a wide ranging discussion, they cover everything from why Schindler’s List is perhaps Spielberg’s least Jewish film to the Marx Brothers to the ground-breaking import of Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles, to wit:
After the Holocaust, the Dutch Tried To Collect Past Due Taxes From Survivors
How one shy, whistle-blowing intern in an Amsterdam archive uncovered a travesty that insulted a decimated community
Centuries Ago, Jews Were Farmers Like Everybody Else. Why Did They Leave the Fields?
Two economists argue that literacy, not laws forbidding land ownership, created a small, widely dispersed and highly skilled minority
Rethinking the Controversial Figure Who Helped Establish the State of Israel
Known for right-wing politics, Vladimir Jabotinsky left an equally critical literary legacy. Hillel Halkin looks at it all.
- Alexis Fishman’s Star Turn in “Der Gelbe Stern”
- War, What Is It Good For? Policing Female Bodies, Apparently
- In Lieu of Tel Aviv Concert, Neil Young Donates to Budding Israeli & Palestinian Musicians
- The Data is in: America Loves Jews!
