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Progress or Truth – American Yiddish Press

Ehud Manor

Two socialist Yiddish papers vied for American readers at the turn of the 20th century. Arguing over both purpose and politics, Di varhayt and Forverts engaged in a battle of wits only one would survive...

20th centuryArticlesIssue 73 | June 2025Literature and CultureNew York

Film review | The Iron Lady

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Margaret Thatcher’s career is worthy of a more deserving tribute than a film about Alzheimer’s Sara Jo Ben-Zvi The Iron Lady Directed by Phyllida Lloyd, 2011 It seems a terrible pity, if one must...

20th centuryColumnsIssue 10 | April 2012Literature and CultureUnited KingdomWomen

A Day at the Museum | Bialik Square

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

A nostalgic, European-style city square has been renovated once again, this time commemorating a century since Hayim Nahman Bialik’s arrival in Tel Aviv Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Bialik Square is one of Tel Aviv’s oldest public...

ColumnsIssue 69 | June 2024Literature and CulturePre-state of IsraelTel Aviv

A Novel Approach – Historical Romance

Asael Abelman

Whether by Sir Walter Scott or by Abraham Mapu, the historical novel of the 19th century played a significant part in the rise of national consciousness that changed the face of Europe. The Jews of...

19th centuryArticlesEuropeIssue 10 | April 2012Literature and Culture

Film review | Inglourious Basterds

Hayuta Deutsch

Musings on history, alternative history, and theology based on the surprising final scene of Tarantino’s film. Hayuta Deutsch Inglourious Basterds Quentin TarantinoUSA, 2009 An SS officer arrives at a dairy farm in a French...

ColumnsIssue 1 | April 2010Literature and Culture

George Gershwin – Gefilte Jazz

Ari Ktorza

The cultural meld of Jews and blacks working together in show business gave rise to a new style of American music. Captivated by black sounds and rhythms, composer George Gershwin interwove classical motifs and popular...

20th centuryAmericaArticlesArtistsIssue 45 | November 2018Literature and Culture

Awakening from Despair – Yosef Haim Brenner

Amit Assis

Yosef Haim Brenner’s stories are steeped in his own experiences. Deeply troubled by the Jewish people’s desperate state, he saw no solution in the land of Israel yet spoke up for it heroically. In life,...

20th centuryArticlesIssue 69 | June 2024Land of IsraelLiterature and CultureZionism

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Progress or Truth – American Yiddish Press

Film review | The Iron Lady

A Day at the Museum | Bialik Square

A Novel Approach – Historical Romance

Film review | Inglourious Basterds

George Gershwin – Gefilte Jazz

Awakening from Despair – Yosef Haim Brenner

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Progress or Truth – American Yiddish Press

Film review | The Iron Lady

A Day at the Museum | Bialik Square

A Novel Approach – Historical Romance

Film review | Inglourious Basterds

George Gershwin – Gefilte Jazz

Awakening from Despair – Yosef Haim Brenner

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