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Michael Twitty’s ‘Koshersoul,’ a memoir of food and identity, named Jewish book of the year

January 18, 2023Jesse Orine

(JTA) — “Koshersoul,” chef Michael W. Twitty’s memoir about his career fusing Jewish and African-American culinary histories, was named the Jewish book of 2022 by the Jewish Book Council. Subtitled “The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew,” Twitty’s book provides “deep dives into theology, identity, and, of course, food — giving readers […]

Weapons have been heading from Israel to Ukraine — out of an American stockpile

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023Jesse Orine

(JTA) — A significant portion of the weaponry that the United States has sent Ukraine for use in its defensive war against Russia has come from a stockpile in Israel, according to a new report in The New York Times. The location of the stockpile is significant because Israel has declined to supply Ukraine with […]

A new film brings to life ‘the largest single work of art created by a Jew during the Holocaust’

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023Jesse Orine

(New York Jewish Week) — While hiding from the Nazis, the German Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon began a series of autobiographical paintings and texts with a painfully simple description of her aunt, and namesake’s, suicide: “Scene 1: 1913. One November day, a young girl named Charlotte Knarre leaves her parents’ home and jumps into the […]

Heirs of German-Jewish banker sue for restitution of one of van Gogh’s most famous paintings

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023Jesse Orine

(JTA) — Heirs of a German-Jewish banker are suing a Japanese insurance company for the return of one of Vincent van Gogh’s famed “Sunflowers” paintings or at least $750 million in punitive damages. In December, Julius H. Schoeps, Britt-Marie Enhoerning and Florence Von Kesselstatt, heirs of Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, filed a 98-page complaint with an […]

The Jewish Sport Report: All the Jewish players to watch in the 2023 Australian Open

January 14, 2023January 14, 2023Jesse Orine

This article was sent as a newsletter. Sign up for our weekly Jewish sports newsletter here. Happy Friday the 13th! Sports fans are among the most superstitious folks out there. Do you have a game day ritual, a lucky jersey, or some other inexplicable tradition that your team can’t win without? Let us know by […]

Hitler is alive and in hiding in final season of ‘Hunters,’ Amazon’s series about Jews killing Nazis

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023Jesse Orine

Spoilers for the first and second seasons of “Hunters” follow. (JTA) – When Amazon Prime released the first season of “Hunters” in 2020, it advertised its Nazi-hunting TV show as “Inspired By True Events.” That was true only in the loosest possible sense of the term. Starring Al Pacino and Logan Lerman and produced by […]

In ‘The Offering,’ the latest Yiddish-inflected horror movie, a Jewish spirit haunts Hasidic Brooklyn

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023Jesse Orine

(JTA) — British filmmaker Oliver Park isn’t Jewish, but he does have a deep appreciation for the Jewish roots of the horror genre that informed his work on “The Offering,” his feature debut as director about an ancient demon set in a Hasidic enclave in Brooklyn. “Jewish horror stories have been around for thousands of […]

A new translation of Franz Kafka’s diaries restores much of his Jewish musings

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023Jesse Orine

(JTA) – Franz Kafka was a devotee of Yiddish theater, fell in love with his Hebrew teacher and once encountered the owner of a brothel he frequented in synagogue on Yom Kippur. The broad strokes of Kafka’s biography have long been known to historians, but a new English translation of the Czech author’s complete and […]

In a twist, German rabbi at scandal’s center cedes rabbinical school ownership to Berlin Jews

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023Jesse Orine

(JTA) — In a shocking development, the embattled founder of Germany’s non-Orthodox rabbinical schools has relinquished his ownership stake in them to the Jewish Community of Berlin. The 25,000 euro transaction means that Rabbi Walter Homolka is no longer in control of the Reform Abraham Geiger College and the Conservative Zacharias Frankel College at the […]

Turner Classic Movies is airing a ‘Jewish Experience’ series of films this month

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023Jesse Orine

(JTA) — Turner Classic Movies admits that capturing the “Jewish experience” in a series of films is a daunting task, but the network is attempting to do so anyway. Every Thursday night in January, the channel is showing movies spanning from the 1930s through the 1990s on the theme. According to an article on the […]