Louise Lawrence Israëls’ Story: “Being Free Means Eating Cookies”
“My name is Louise Lawrence Israëls and I am a survivor of the Holocaust.”
“My name is Louise Lawrence Israëls and I am a survivor of the Holocaust.”
The Passover seder is one of Judaism’s most simultaneously stable and mutable traditions: There are universally agreed-upon aspects of the ritual (the four questions, the bitter herb, the four cups of wine), and yet there are many variations
“Why does the mother persist with the song sheets and the records? No one knows the answer. But still, she passes them out, and still they groan, and in the meantime, the songs work their way into the brain circuitry of the children.”
After facing controversy, Washington DC’s Theater J has a new leader.
This month’s release of Live at Stubb’s Vol. III marks 10 years in the limelight for Matisyahu, the American Jewish reggae rapping sensation. But it hasn’t all been smooth sailing for the man his fans commonly refer to as Matis.
This year’s Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference includes an exhibition of the work of Polish-Jewish artist Arthur Szyk. A contemporary of Chagall, Szyk was largely forgotten in the decades immediately following WWII, but may now be ideally positioned to serve as bridge for continuing Jewish-Christian dialogue on the Holocaust and beyond.