Jewish Culture

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Steven Spielberg

From E.T. to Munich, the boy wonder of the movie industry grows up.

Chaim Soutine

A Belarusian yeshiva boy becomes an icon of Parisian art.

Steve Stern

Steve Stern's The Wedding Jester.

In the Image

Dara Horn's novel.

The Puttermesser Papers

Cynthia Ozick's response to Chick Lit.

Everything is Illuminated

A book by Jonathan Safran Foer

Ravelstein: A Writer’s Soul

Bellow's final novel was inspired by his friendship with Allan Bloom.

Absurdistan

Gary Shteyngart's satiric look at globalization, petrol politics, and the obsession with Jewish continuity.

Contemporary Art in Israel

Confronting local politics--on an international stage.

Influence of Isaac Bashevis Singer

I.B. Singer's ghost haunts Jewish literature to this day.

Esther Kreitman

Esther Singer Kreitman was a published author, but she was overshadowed by her brothers.

Isaac Bashevis Singer: Criticism

Not everyone admired Singer's fiction.

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