Usually long-form posts that aren’t news items and are about arts/culture.
Agnon’s Moonstruck Lovers
Ilana Pardes' new book from UW Press explores the dreamy world of Agnon's literature and the biblical Song of Songs.
Read all about it: Jews of Turkey Photo Exhibit
"Turkey's Jews Revisited" was the second event in a strong lineup for Sephardic Studies programming this year.
Rain, Salmon, and Seattle’s Jewish History
As Prof. Naomi Sokoloff observes, a play's setting can impact its meaning.
“Fill the Void” is a stunning Israeli film
This year's must-see film from Israel was directed by Rama Burshtein, a member of the ultra-Orthodox community.
The Yiddish Poet Avrom Sutzkever, Creator of a Golden Chain
Vilna Ghetto partisan, Holocaust survivor, Yiddish poet in Israel: the life of Avrom Sutzkever, born 100 years ago.
Jews in Soviet Cinema of the 1920s-1940s
Cinema is a visual document of the transformation of attitudes towards Jews in the Soviet Union.
Arendt, Eichmann, and Evil Revisited in New Film
The complex life of the woman behind one of modern philosophy's most infamous phrases.
Why read news about Jews?
Are local Jewish newspapers still relevant? Joel Magalnick, editor of Seattle's JTNews, reflects.