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Reviewing Allen Ginsberg
Good book criticism has been virtually exiled from the popular press, and the New York Times Book Review — which ...
East Meets West
This morning, I blogged about the poetry of Taha Muhammad Ali and his translator, Peter Cole. In July, I wrote ...
Important Poetry
Thanks to Jewschool for highlighting this amazing video of poet Taha Muhammad Ali at the Dodge Poetry Festival earlier this ...
Happy Birthday, Don
Today is author Don DeLillo’s 70th birthday. Sure, he’s not Jewish and — as far as I can remember — ...
Borat’s a Muslim!
The Letters section has always been my favorite part of Jewish newspapers, and the Jewish Week isn’t letting me down. ...
Jewcy is Born
There’s a new kid on the Jewish media block. This week, while the older generation was in LA listening to ...
I Beg to Differ with Heeb
Daniel’s off today, so I’m filling in for him. It’s a Friday, so I figured I’d share something of a ...
Rachel Corrie, Part II
I said I would share my thoughts on My Name is Rachel Corrie, so here goes…Though the play and its ...
Rachel Corrie
On Sunday I went to see My Name is Rachel Corrie, the controversial play that was first staged in London ...
If Borat Was Iranian
Just weeks before the release of Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat, Twentieth Century Fox downgraded the scope of the film’s release ...