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...Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon spun a riveting tale of superheroics’ glory days, 1939 to 1954, through the tale of Kavalier and Clay, two Jewish comic-creators and their spectacularly successful creation, The Escapist...
...book jacket photo of the author suggests that Auslander marks a break from the Jewish writer prototype. Roth and Allen are—like Kafka was before them—flesh-and-blood definitions of the Yiddish “oysgedart” (emaciated). The broad-shouldered Auslander, by contrast, looks like the kind of guy who could hold his own in a bar-fight...
...first thing I think about when it comes to the Holocaust is my hair. It’s brown and curly, and throughout my life has fallen somewhere between my ears and waist. I’d hazard to call it Jewish hair. I’ve had mixed feelings about it—for two years during high school I chemically straightened it—but it’s very much part of who I am. For no real reason, I’m proud...
Charles Jacobs, president of the David Project, says that Jewish students at Harvard have contacted the organization in hopes of arranging a Harvard screening of “Columbia Unbecoming.” The details have not yet been worked out, he says...
...American Jewish Congress (AJC) initially brought suit against AmeriCorps in August 2004. In that case, a federal judge ruled that AmeriCorps workers may not teach religion or attend religious services during the school day. This ruling came in light of AmeriCorps’ policy requiring workers to fulfill 1,700 nonreligious working hours annually. The decision did, however, allow volunteers to work in parochial schools with a court-approved monitoring system. The appeals court reversed this ruling Tuesday, claiming the government is in no way promoting religion and thus AmeriCorps can continue as is. Legally, we disagree with the appeals...