Beth Kissileff / JointMedia News Service
ARTICLES BY: Beth Kissileff / JointMedia News Service
War Correspondent’s Death Changed Course for Oscar-Winning Jewish Producer Simon Chinn
JNS.0rg - The career of British-Jewish film producer Simon Chinn, who has received two Academy Awards in the Best Documentary category, might have taken a...
Jonathan Ames, ‘Herring Wonder’ and HBO Series Creator, Does Israel
Writer Jonathan Ames, creator of the HBO television series "Bored to Death," is known for his fearless and exhibitionistic persona. One can find YouTube videos...
Winner of Israel’s Top Literary Prize Masters the ‘Craft of Asking Questions’
Beyond his use of Latin, Shimon Adaf is a Renaissance man when it comes to the arts, expressing himself in poetry, prose and music....
Jewish Teen Turns Tragedy Into Advocacy, Shares a Roundtable With the President
On Yom Kippur, Sept. 26, 2012, Sami Rahamim was with his father Reuven at Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Park, Minn. On Feb....
Sukkot: The Environmental Perspective
The weather is changing and in North America the leaves are falling, yet around this time of year Jews persist in going outside just when...
Loss and Recovery: Stephen Greenblatt’s “The Swerve”
A few years ago, Stephen Greenblatt was asked to write on Vilna (also known as Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania) for the Nextbook series. However,...
