Arts

By Andrew Lapin There is a remarkable scene toward the end of the new documentary “Final Account,” a collection of eyewitness testimonies of the Nazi...

By Justin Regan Before going any further, Michael Pasternak would like to answer the most pressing question. “They are truly balancing bottles,” Pasternak said. “People think,...

Great premise falls short “Secrets of Happiness” Joan Silber Counterpoint The deception that sets up the story of “Secrets of Happiness” is revealed on page 10. The premise...

An American rabbi in Buchenwald By Bat-Ami Zucker 'The Rabbi of Buchenwald' By Rafael Medoff Yeshiva University Press; distributed by ktav.com 502 pages $29.95 There is a remarkable scene, early in “The...

By Justin Regan There’s a line from the Broadway musical “Billy Elliot” that describes dancing as losing yourself while being made whole. For Baltimore theater...

By Aaron Leibel “Justice, Justice You Shalt Pursue: A Life’s Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union” By Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Amanda L. Tyler University of...

New Israel Fund's "Essential Artists" tell untold stories, build bridges, and collaborate with activist movements for social change — all through a pandemic. By Libby Lenkinski Standing...

‘Philip Roth: The Biography’ By Blake Bailey W.W. Norton & Co. Philip Roth was born March 19, 1933 in Newark, N.J., and, until his death in 2018,...