For new president of Baseball Hall of Fame, it’s all about tradition By Jacob Gurvis, JTA Jan 21, 2022 Josh Rawitch’s day-to-day is similar to that of any nonprofit executive: He speaks to stakeholders, supervises senior staff and fundraises. But in his line of work, stakeholders include people like Jewish baseball legend Sandy Koufax. Since September, Rawitch has served as president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York.… Read More
Film Netflix doc: How the US courted Nazis, then destroyed the evidence This piece first appeared in the Foward. In the wake of World War II, the world united in an attempt to bring top Nazi officials to justice. Though many… By Mira Fox, Forward Jan 20, 2022
Books Bay Area writers recognized in National Jewish Book Awards Pleasanton author Helene Wecker won a National Jewish Book Award for her novel “The Hidden Palace,” which is this year’s One Bay One Book selection. A… By JTA, J. Staff Jan 20, 2022
Author! Author! Local authors touch on big tech, parenting, dating and more “Irma’s Passport: One Woman, Two World Wars, and a Legacy of Courage” by Catherine Ehrlich (She Writes Press, 248 pages). Born into a Jewish family in… By Andrew Esensten Jan 19, 2022
Celebrity Jews Eric André joins 'Righteous Gemstones'; Judge Judy is generous Brown’s ponytail is gone While fans are set to watch figure skater Jason Brown do another stunning routine in next month’s Winter Olympics in Beijing,… By Maya Mirsky Jan 18, 2022
Off the Shelf New books: French Jewish art collectors and their wartime travails Although few of us can relate to the rarefied worlds of wealthy Jewish art collectors during the French Third Republic, two recent books reinforce some… By Howard Freedman Jan 14, 2022
Talking With ... Q&A: This podcast host is a ‘Proud Stutterer’ Maya Chupkov stutters, though you might not notice it. She has stuttered since childhood, but learned over the years — and with lots of speech therapy —… By Liz Harris Jan 11, 2022
History From reverent to raunchy, vast Yiddish archives are reunited online The Holocaust all but destroyed a centuries-old Jewish civilization, while the war carved up nations and left the Continent divided between the allied… By Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA Jan 11, 2022
TV & Film Ray Donovan, the Irish fixer with a Jewish soul, gets his movie When “Ray Donovan” premiered on Showtime in 2013, it seemed unlikely to provide any Jewish content. The violent drama, featuring Liev Schreiber as a… By Esther D. Kustanowitz Jan 11, 2022