Category Archives: Personal Reflections

Long-lost Yiddish songs from Soviet era shed light on under documented history of Holocaust and lost Jewish culture.
— Read on abcnews.go.com/International/long-lost-yiddish-songs-hand-stories-soviet-jews/story

London’s East End has been home to a vibrant community of Jews since the 1880s. But today, in this area, once home to almost 200 synagogues, just four functioning synagogues remain—three Ashkenazi and one Sephardi.

David Rosenberg, a social historian of the East End, explains how the demograp…
— Read on www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/257405/the-east-ends-last-shuls

Had history gone another way, I might have grown up in a rural Moldovan village.

So begins Absent, the masterful 2015 documentary film by director Matthew Mishory. As history did not go another way, Mishory’s father and grandparents left Moldova before WWII, and he grew up in Los Angeles. Abse…
— Read on www.tabletmag.com/scroll/259390/now-streaming-on-amazon-masterful-documentary-captures-the-haunting-history-of-moldovan-jews

On Apr. 7, 1932, Franklin Roosevelt, then governor of New York, gave his first coast-to-coast radio address on the National Broadcasting Company. He called for economic solutions that rose “from the bottom up,” and for financial support for farmers and relief to small banks and homeowners. And h…
— Read on www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/music/258291/brother-can-you-spare-a-dime

Passover Picks | Jewish Book Council
— Read on www.jewishbookcouncil.org/holiday-reading-list/passover-picks

Bread and Jam for Frances was one of my favorite books as a child. I loved stubborn Frances, the badger who sang an anthem against eggs: “I do not like the way you slide,/I do not like your soft inside,/I do not like you lots of ways,/And I could do for many days/Without eggs.” She drew a food-r…
— Read on www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/257002/art-and-words-for-frances

From babka to bacon and beyond, explore Judaism’s diverse culinary history with Tablet Magazine’s 100 Most Jewish Foods list.
— Read on 100jewishfoods.tabletmag.com/

Mazal tov to Brian Michael Bendis: The esteemed comic book writer has recently jumped ship from Marvel to DC, and, later this year, will give new life to the publisher’s most iconic hero, Superman.

“I’m a little Jewish boy from Cleveland,
— Read on www.tabletmag.com/scroll/255771/make-superman-jewish-again

There’s No Such Thing As ‘Half-Jewish.’ Just ‘Jewish.’ – The Forward by Alyssa Pinsker

https://rabbijohnrosove.wordpress.com/2018/02/08/theres-no-such-thing-as-half-jewish-just-jewish-the-forward-by-alyssa-pinsker/

A Comic Novel About Nuclear Anxiety, Betamax, and Bar Mitzvah – Tablet Magazine

http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/254832/a-comic-novel-about-nuclear-anxiety-betamax-and-bar-mitzvah