Click here to read “The Escape Artist: The death and life of Stefan Zweig” by Leo Carey from The New Yorkers on August 27, 2012.
Anxiety: Child’s Play
The Einsteins of Sex
Click here to read “The Einsteins of Sex” by Benjamin Ivry from the Jewish Daily Forward on August 21, 2012.
More than just spiritual forefathers of the sex therapist and ex-Haganah sniper Ruth Westheimer, a trio of German Jewish sexologists preceded Sigmund Freud in innovations. Magnus Hirschfeld (1868–1935); Iwan Bloch (1872–1922); and Albert Moll (1862–1939) are no longer household names, but they star in Modernism and Perversion: Sexual Deviance in Sexology and Literature, 1850-1930.
Michael Arlow’s Photographs from Poland
Matchmaker Movie Review by Selma Duckler
The Matchmaker, directed by Avi Nesher is an Israeli film shown at the Israel film festival, that won 7 awards and was a candidate for best Israel film.It is a charming,delightful, and bittersweet film. it takes place in Haifa and It is not a political or a war film although politics and war are part of the reality of this story. The opening scene is in 2006 when the city is bombarded with Lebanese missiles,and even though we are focused on personal stories, we see some of the chaos, and throughout the movie, we are made aware of alarming newspaper headlines.The story quickly moves to remembrance of times past Continue reading Matchmaker Movie Review by Selma Duckler
