Eighty-seven Years of a Comedy Icon
Mel Brooks turns 87 today, and by all accounts he’s still going strong.
From Rehovot to St. Paul — A Tale of Jewish Publishing
I’ve been asked (and have asked myself!): How did a former Torontonian with Ashkenazi roots come to write a novel about a teenage Jewess in the 9th century Islamic empire?
Picnic Food
Baba ganoush, Israeli couscous, pita, hummus, Shoko — I’m getting hungry just thinking about it.
Leukemia: A Love Story
“Wow, I like her,” I thought. “A lot. I would go anywhere with her.”
NE Nazi: What Do YOU Think? [Updated]
We want to hear from you about the alleged Nazi living in NE Minneapolis.
My Paper Children
The story of how Twin Cities Jewish book publisher, Yotzeret Publishing, got started — told directly from the woman who started it.
To Forgive A Nazi
Rabbi Zalman was asked whether we should forgive the alleged NE Minneapolis Nazi. This is what he said.
What Does God Need With A Starship?
“Watching the movie, it didn’t immediately strike me that what I saw was a blue-eyed man with a European accent committing atrocities and plotting more and claiming genetic superiority.”
Her Tattoo
Anita Diamant, author of The Red Tent, on her daughter getting a tattoo.
Coming Out To The Boy Scouts Of America
“They believed me fixable. I knew I wasn’t broken.”