SpeakEasy show reaches soaring ‘Heights’
Talented cast brings great heartiness to its production of Tony Award winner
It is probably no accident that Vanessa, one of the heroines of “In the Heights,” notes the “shmutz” on adoring would-be boyfriend Usnavi. Full Story
DVD nails down the life of ‘The Hebrew Hammer’
Rerelease of 2000 film provides more details about baseball legend Hank Greenberg
The success of the recent “42,” the Hollywood production about Jackie Robinson, has led to renewed interest in another historymaking ballplayer. Full Story
Readers’ Roundup
Here are some of the most recent books to catch The Advocate’s attention: Full Story
How Saul Bellow ‘blew it’ on Holocaust, then changed
Son’s new book chronicles the award-winning author’s transformation following life-changing, historic events
Born in Canada into an immigrant Jewish family in 1915, the late Nobel Prize-winning author Saul Bellow had a traditional Jewish upbringing, which included Torah study, Talmud, and Hebrew.
Yet Rabbi David Wolpe observes that Bellow, who died in 2005, had an ambivalent relationship with Judaism. Full Story
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