Works are listed by categories: books, plays, exhibits and journalism.

BOOKS

Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe, Andrews McMeel/Simon & Schuster. Author and Co-Art Director. No. 1 Amazon bestseller. Finalist, National Jewish Book Award and Wild Card Honorable Mention, New York Festival of Books, Erma Bombeck Humor Writer of the Month, University of Dayton, 2008.

Hot Mamalah: The Ultimate Guide for Every Woman of the Tribe, Andrews McMeel/Simon & Schuster. Author and Co-Art Director. No. 1 Amazon bestseller. Erma Bombeck Humor Writer of the Month, University of Dayton, 2012.

Six Words Fresh Off the Boat: Stories of Immigration, Identity, and Coming to America, ABC, 2017, contributor of featured backstory essay on my Six-Word Memoir, “My Father Survived. Now I Must.” 

Healthy Escapes, 8th Edition: 288 Spas, Resorts, and Retreats Where You Can Relax, Recharge, Get Fit, and Get Away from It All (Travel Guide), Fodor’s 2003.

Healthy Escapes, 7th Edition: 288 Spas, Resorts, and Retreats Where You Can Relax, Recharge, Get Fit, and Get Away from It All (Travel Guide), Fodor’s 2002. 

Fodor’s Cityguide San Francisco, 3rd Edition: The Sourcebook for Your Hometown, and Fodor’s USA, Fodor’s, 2002. Lead contributor.

PLAYS 

The Braid Theater, formerly Jewish Women’s Theater, Santa Monica, Calif.

The Matzo Ball Diaries reveals the secret stories of food and home and the power of food to nourish, heal or move us to action. Featuring ensemble piece entitled “Jewish American Love Poem,” as the finale. The show premiered at various venues in the Los Angeles area, January 21, 2017 through February 3, 2017. 

Additional performances include: 

10.8.22 Lev Eisha, Santa Monica, Calif., 6.8.22 – 6.9.22 United Jewish Federation of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 11.17.19 Heska Amuna Synagogue, Knoxville, Tennessee, 11.16.21 Memphis JCC, Memphis, Tennessee, 11.14.21 Shir Chadash, Metairie, Louisiana, 11.13.21 Ahavas Chesed, Mobile, Alabama, 11.11.19 Temple Israel, Tallahassee, Florida, 11.12.19 Temple Beth-El, Pensacola, Florida, 2.10.19 Jewish Federation of Central California, Fresno, California, 10.22.21 Live on Zoom for the Schwartz/Reisman Centre and Prosserman JCC in Toronto Canada, 2.21.21 Live on Zoom for Congregation Shaare Shamayim, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2.19.21 Jewish Federation of Fresno, Fresno, California, 1.24.21 Live on Zoom for the Jewish Federation of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2.6.17 Oshman JCC, Palo Alto, Calif.

Arise My Friend My Beautiful One And Go Forth! also features my “Jewish American Love Poem” performed as an ensemble piece. It premiered on the east coast December 13, 2020 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, a Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York City. It premiered the next day on the west coast on December 14, 2020, at the Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto, Calif.

Additional performances include live Zoom shows for the following venues: 12.13.22 Museum of Jewish Heritage, 12.4.21 Shomrei Torah Synagogue, West Hills, Calif., 12.6.21 Live Congregation Shaare Emeth, St. Louis, Missouri.

Exile: Kisses on Both Cheeks explores the Jewish immigrant story through the Sephardic legacy of family, community and country, seeking home more than 500 years after the expulsion from Spain. This production features two of my original monologues: “Temporarily Lost in Translation” and “Knowing”. It premiered March 18 to 28, 2017 at various Los Angeles-area venues. 

Additional performances include 4.3.17 at the Oshman JCC, Palo Alto, Calif. and 

4.2.17 at the Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael, Calif.

EXHIBITS forthcoming

JOURNALISM

Please note: This list of work is categorized by media outlet and appears in reverse chronology, with most recent publications listed first. In the interests of space, this list is not exhaustive.

TABLET MAGAZINE

OCTOBER, 2023 (forthcoming) Ordained, At Last

What do you do when you discover a dozen rabbis in your family tree? You join them.

JUNE 16, 2023 Saving a Building That Saved Hundreds of Children. Château de Chaumont was a sanctuary for young Jews fleeing the Nazis. Now a British contractor is restoring the French mansion, and documenting his renovations online.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 A Nazi Collaborator in the Family. With her groundbreaking documentary ‘His Name Is My Name’—showing on Instagram—Dutch filmmaker Eline Jongsma uncovers the crimes her great-grandfather perpetrated against Jews

AUGUST 8, 2018 In Paris, Kosher Restaurants Go Rogue. Chefs and owners are going without official certification to cut costs and broaden their clientele. Will kashrut-observant diners still come?

FEBRUARY 18, 2016 Louis Kahn Architectural Retrospective Opens in the U.S. An exhibition featuring the creations of the legendary architect is now showing at the Bellevue Arts Museum in Washington

TIMES OF ISRAEL

JULY 26, 2023 

With ‘The Golden Doves,’ bestselling author honors a Holocaust survivor and friend

While promoting her debut novel, Martha Hall Kelly met 93-year-old Auschwitz survivor Irene Zisblatt and promised to keep her story, and the trials of others like her, alive

MARCH 26, 2023 

Naot shoemaker on spiritual journey joins paths with singer for healing event in NY

Co-owner of Israeli shoe brand-turned-spiritual counselor Susan Lax teams up with the artist known simply as Shira on Mar. 26 for a performance that is sure to strike a chord

JANUARY 25, 2023

Descendants of Bielski partisans take to stage and screen to show weighty legacy

Live in LA through Feb. 6, Jordan Bielsky performs saga of brothers who saved 1,250 Jews in WWII; other family members amplify ancestors’ heroism in film, exhibit and classroom

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried, Jewish cryptocurrency CEO, brings echoes of Bernie Madoff

After becoming a billionaire before age 30, the FTX head suffers a reversal of fortune so massive it’s setting records, decimating investors’ savings, and drawing legal questions

JULY 24, 2021

Mom’s hidden childhood scrapbook sends daughter on journey into pre-WWII Vienna

In her new book ‘Eva and Eve,’ New York Times bestselling author Julie Metz details a never-told family history uncovered through painstaking research after her mother’s death

FEBRUARY 23, 2021 

Cantor’s son makes rocker dreams come true at Rock N’ Roll Fantasy Camp

87 feel-good minutes are jammed into documentary ‘Rock Camp: The Movie’ as promoter David Fishof invites rock gods to perform alongside mere mortals – often with touching results

MARCH 24, 2020 

Hours before border closes, 72 Ethiopian immigrants land in Israel overnight

Amid accusations of ageism and after a frustrating stop-start immigration process, 14 Falash Mura families to be reunited with Israeli relatives, while hundreds more wait

MARCH 19, 2020

24 immigrants from US go straight from Ben Gurion Airport to two-week quarantine

Even as the two dozen new immigrants were in air on their way to their new land, the country tightened coronavirus guidelines and bureaucrats scrambled

MARCH 18, 2020

Citing coronavirus fears, Israel suspends immigration of 250 Ethiopians

Immigration ministry spokesperson claims Prime Minister’s Office nixed flights for health reasons; former MK Avraham Neguise says immigration from other countries is unhindered

DECEMBER 8, 2019

‘Shark Tank’ judges in a frenzy over Jewish mom’s meatless Unreal Deli

With generations of deli ownership in her family, now-vegan Jenny Goldfarb introduced her veggie corned beef on competitive investment show; Jewish billionaire Mark Cuban loved it

MARCH 5, 2019

Jewish band makes soulful music for major Hollywood movies and TV ads

After its Israeli and American members founded popular bands Moshav and Blue Fringe, LA-based Distant Cousins is making a name for itself in the music industry mainstream

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Visually impaired kids can whip up a feast with these veggie-shaped utensils

Aimed at kids and adults alike, the smiley-faced kitchen tools make it easy and enjoyable for everyone to lend a hand at mealtime

DECEMBER 19, 2018

San Francisco Symphony revives homage to Anne Frank, dedicates it to Pittsburgh

Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas’s 36-minute piece, originally written together with Audrey Hepburn, gets new life on 70th anniversary of UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights

JULY 28, 2017

Ahead of nationwide release, Al Gore presents an ‘Inconvenient’ sequel at SF Jewish Film Festival

Produced by award-winning filmmakers Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk, ‘An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power’ condemns Trump, calls for grassroots activism

JUNE 14, 2017

Super-conservative PragerU aims to arm pro-Israel students for their campus ‘wastelands’

Controversial, unaccredited online institution is no university, but its ‘educational’ videos about Israel, abortion — and modern art — gather millions of views

JUNE 1, 2017 

Why ugly produce can be a beautiful thing

Living by the adage that one man’s trash is another’s treasure, this company gives misshapen fruits and vegetables happy homes at discount prices

MAY 29, 2017

Bridging denominations, this Jewish musician puts the ‘soul’ in music

For over 25 years Sam Glaser has taken Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach’s lead and brought his heartfelt melodies to where the ‘yidden’ are

MAY 28, 2017 

A graphic memoir of loss and love in which the writer stars as anti-hero

In ‘Last Things,’ celebrated children’s author Marissa Moss illustrates her realistic experience as caregiver while watching her husband die of ALS

MAY 26, 2017

Taking aim at stereotypes, this Jewish shooting club sets its sights on a good schmear

The LA-based Bullets & Bagels uses the right to bear arms to bring Jews of all stripes together for a nosh with a side of self defense

MAY 21, 2017 

Jerusalem Chords bridge to light up welcome for Trump

US president unlikely to actually witness display on iconic span at entrance to city

MAY 16, 2017 

How a book on WWII Rabbits of Ravensbruck leapt into bestseller lists

Author Martha Hall Kelly first heard of the female Nazi experimentation victims by accident while visiting a lilac garden — but then she kept digging

MAY 12, 2017 

Odd couple: The Holocaust survivor who shares a flat with the granddaughter of Nazis

When 95-year-old Ben Stern got a call from 31-year-old Lea Heitfeld about becoming flatmates, he kept an open mind. After all, she is a Jewish Studies grad student

MAY 12, 2017 

Raised on his mother’s show tunes, a composer takes a shot at Broadway

Closing May 21, Dan Messe’s ‘Amelie’ was Tony season’s first casualty. But with successful runs in Berkeley and LA, the Jewish musician says the show will go on

MAY 7, 2017 

The Muslim-Jewish women’s show with the ‘chutzpah’ to connect

Now running, ‘More Courage’ is an interfaith exploration of bravery that bridges cultural gaps

MAY 3, 2017 

This nice Jewish boy just nabbed 9 Tony nominations

Steven Levenson is reaping his rightful rewards after years of work on ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and ‘If I Forget,’ which ran concurrently this year in NY

APRIL 27, 2017 

Aged 60-94, senior athletes teach a whippersnapper filmmaker to dream big

A reality TV editor during the day, Eric Goldfarb moonlights making ‘inspirational’ films — and experiences some of the positive benefits firsthand

APRIL 17, 2017 

Drones onstage? Choreographer waltzes across genre, media and technology

Orthodox-educated, gay, mixed-race dancer Adam McKinney breaks boundaries to unite people through poetry in motion

APRIL 16, 2017 

This spring, a Judith Leiber renaissance is in the bag

The 96-year-old handbag designer who learned her craft in Hungary during the Holocaust is seeing a resurgence with three concurrent exhibitions

APRIL 14, 2017 

Now known for his hilarious body of work, Alan Zweibel got his start playing a corpse

An original writer on Saturday Night Live who worked with giants Gilda Radner and Billy Crystal, the comedian’s back-stage life now competes for the limelight

APRIL 4, 2017 

Kids will be spellbound by the (unofficial) Harry Potter haggadah

Jews of all stripes are enchanted with Rabbi Moshe Rosenberg’s bestselling, self-published relatable Passover experience

MARCH 19, 2017

This Passover, taste tears of laughter with Dave Barry’s irreverent haggadah

Does the seder seem like a plague of its own? Not with this take on the Exodus tale by Jewish comedians Alan Zweibel and Adam Mansbach — and one honorary Jew

MARCH 18, 2017

Musical explores how a small Canadian town rebuilt the world on September 12, 2001

Open this week on Broadway, ‘Come From Away’ tells the story of 6,500 people diverted to Newfoundland, and the infinite kindness of their hosts

MAY 29, 2017 

Bridging denominations, this Jewish musician puts the ‘soul’ in music

For over 25 years Sam Glaser has taken Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach’s lead and brought his heartfelt melodies to where the ‘yidden’ are

MAY 28, 2017

A graphic memoir of loss and love in which the writer stars as anti-hero

In ‘Last Things,’ celebrated children’s author Marissa Moss illustrates her realistic experience as caregiver while watching her husband die of ALS

MAY 26, 2017

Taking aim at stereotypes, this Jewish shooting club sets its sights on a good schmear

The LA-based Bullets & Bagels uses the right to bear arms to bring Jews of all stripes together for a nosh with a side of self defense

MAY 21, 2017 

Jerusalem Chords bridge to light up welcome for Trump

US president unlikely to actually witness display on iconic span at entrance to city

MAY 16, 2017

How a book on WWII Rabbits of Ravensbruck leapt into bestseller lists

Author Martha Hall Kelly first heard of the female Nazi experimentation victims by accident while visiting a lilac garden — but then she kept digging

MAY 12, 2017

Odd couple: The Holocaust survivor who shares a flat with the granddaughter of Nazis

When 95-year-old Ben Stern got a call from 31-year-old Lea Heitfeld about becoming flatmates, he kept an open mind. After all, she is a Jewish Studies grad student

MAY 12, 2017

Raised on his mother’s show tunes, a composer takes a shot at Broadway

Closing May 21, Dan Messe’s ‘Amelie’ was Tony season’s first casualty. But with successful runs in Berkeley and LA, the Jewish musician says the show will go on

MAY 7, 2017 

The Muslim-Jewish women’s show with the ‘chutzpah’ to connect

Now running, ‘More Courage’ is an interfaith exploration of bravery that bridges cultural gaps

MAY 3, 2017

This nice Jewish boy just nabbed 9 Tony nominations

Steven Levenson is reaping his rightful rewards after years of work on ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and ‘If I Forget,’ which ran concurrently this year in NY

APRIL 27, 2017

Aged 60-94, senior athletes teach a whippersnapper filmmaker to dream big

A reality TV editor during the day, Eric Goldfarb moonlights making ‘inspirational’ films — and experiences some of the positive benefits firsthand

APRIL 17, 2017

Drones onstage? Choreographer waltzes across genre, media and technology

Orthodox-educated, gay, mixed-race dancer Adam McKinney breaks boundaries to unite people through poetry in motion

APRIL 16, 2017 

This spring, a Judith Leiber renaissance is in the bag

The 96-year-old handbag designer who learned her craft in Hungary during the Holocaust is seeing a resurgence with three concurrent exhibitions

APRIL 14, 2017 

Now known for his hilarious body of work, Alan Zweibel got his start playing a corpse

An original writer on Saturday Night Live who worked with giants Gilda Radner and Billy Crystal, the comedian’s back-stage life now competes for the limelight

APRIL 4, 2017 

Kids will be spellbound by the (unofficial) Harry Potter haggadah

Jews of all stripes are enchanted with Rabbi Moshe Rosenberg’s bestselling, self-published relatable Passover experience

MARCH 19, 2017

This Passover, taste tears of laughter with Dave Barry’s irreverent haggadah

Does the seder seem like a plague of its own? Not with this take on the Exodus tale by Jewish comedians Alan Zweibel and Adam Mansbach — and one honorary Jew

MARCH 18, 2017

Musical explores how a small Canadian town rebuilt the world on September 12, 2001

Open this week on Broadway, ‘Come From Away’ tells the story of 6,500 people diverted to Newfoundland, and the infinite kindness of their hosts

MARCH 9, 2017

This spicy Chilean Jewish singer is hot in Korea

Heard on television and in movies, Yael Meyer’s English and Spanish songs rack up millions of views in the most unexpected places

MARCH 8, 2017

Historic alliance to locate looted Holocaust art is an exercise in ‘reconciliation’

With over 4,000 artworks to be recovered, an unprecedented cooperative of public and private institutions steamrolls restitution for the estate of exiled magnate Rudolf Mosse

MARCH 2, 2017 

Colorful brothers’ art activism literally makes the world a brighter place

Using disabled and disadvantaged artists to beautify public spaces, the Portraits of Hope initiative will this weekend hold a 24-hour paint-a-thon to benefit LA animal shelters

FEBRUARY 26, 2017 

The Orthodox stylist who makes stars glimmer at the Oscars

From Mayim Bialik’s modest grace to Us the Duo’s elegant grunge, celebrity stylist Adena Rohatiner’s work lights up the red carpet

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Rain Pryor takes stage by storm in one-woman show

The daughter of comedian Richard Pryor and a Jewish go-go dancer-turned-astronomer hilariously portrays her mixed upbringing in less politically correct times

FEBRUARY 10, 2017 

New fashion line sports modest options ‘for the women’

Now found in Macy’s, Avec Les Filles is the latest brand launched by Orthodox mother of five Joyce Azria

FEBRUARY 5, 2017 

Viral rabbi captures hearts of online ‘congregation’ via social media

All that Meir Kay wants from his audience is a smile. But the millions of YouTube hits don’t hurt

JANUARY 15, 2017 

Ladino groove: Two moms channel ‘herstory’ through song and dance

In their latest collaboration, Miriam Peretz and Rachel Valfer perform a rich fusion of feminine folk music

JANUARY 3, 2017 

A Jew and an Indian make a film — about the African American experience

In ‘Barry,’ Adam Mansbach and Vikram Gandhi take a crack at portraying future president Barack Obama’s campus isolation during his Columbia years

DECEMBER 30, 2016 

This couple’s house has ‘love’ written all over it — literally

As these LA newlyweds built their dream home, they wrapped themselves in their feelings for one another by adorning the second story with the Hebrew word ‘ahava’

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

US Jewish musicians offer up songs of hope to buoy post-election spirits

Rabbis who organized walkout during Trump’s AIPAC speech curate an album with ‘not even a smidge’ of negativity to soothe souls of the disappointed

NOVEMBER 3, 2016, 6:53 AM

Musician-mathematician’s Latin-fushion klezmer gets Parisians swinging

Going by the musical nom de guerre David JewSalsa, alongside his band Cigarillos en el Shtruddle, a native son leads cross-cultural initiatives in Paris and beyond

OCTOBER 24, 2016, 9:57 PM

As Parisian Jews leave traditional quarters, a new funky demographic coalesces

Abandoned by Jews for safer districts due to rising French anti-Semitism, historical Jewish precincts are now meccas for fashionistas

OCTOBER 22, 2016 

The sweet taste of success from the A-list’s (sometimes kosher) candy man

Life and business partners Josh Resnick and Rosie O’Neil aren’t selling your conventional confections — and their line of sometimes kosher boutique treats are flying off the shelves

OCTOBER 21, 2016 

The multi-talented Larry Brilliant just added one more skill — author

What do the one-time VP of Google, the epidemiologist who stemmed smallpox in developing countries, and the visionary behind online marketplaces have in common? They’re all the same man

OCTOBER 19, 2016 

Overlooked by history books, women rabbis write themselves in

A Los Angeles women’s theater helps female clergy reclaim their birthright — on the stage and page

OCTOBER 3, 2016 

‘An American in Paris’ 2.0 packs double the Jewiness of the original

As the award-winning Broadway show prepares to go national — and then international — managing producer Stuart Oken reveals some of the secrets of success

OCTOBER 2, 2016 

Tackling assimilation and anti-Semitism, France’s chief rabbi gets wired

In Rosh Hashanah interview, Haim Korsia says he reaches out to young French Jews where they spend their time — on Twitter and Facebook

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Service with a smile: Synagogue rethinks the High Holy Days

From the way it sells tickets to the contemplative stitching circle, Pico Union Project is putting the ‘new’ in New Year

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016 

On the streets of New York with Jackie Mason

The octogenarian comedian dishes on Jewish food, why he supports Trump, world peace, and the Queen of England — and proves his choice of career was the right one

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 

‘No future for Jews in Western Europe,’ says French prosecutor

In a legal war on bigotry, Charles Baccouche, 70, fights anti-Semitism the only way he knows how — in the courtroom

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

France’s foremost female rabbi takes a stab at the patriarchy

While bemoaning a lack of communal creativity, the newly knighted Madame Le Rabbin Delphine Horvilleur has quickly emerged as a leader for greater French Jewry

JULY 20, 2016

A small island of Judaism in Hawaiian politics

Tiny but stalwart, the Jewish contingent on America’s youngest state maintains a unique, and strong, sense of identity

JULY 11, 2016

Filmmaker goes from toilet paper factory to world tour

Director Nitzan Gilady’s dreary pre-army experience grew into a buoyant and imaginative story about a physically challenged woman’s inner world

JUNE 27, 2016

Madness versus mortality in Israeli art film about yeshiva student on the brink

With dark narrative and male frontal nudity, Avishai Sivan’s latest release ‘Tikkun’ is a surprise success — even for the filmmaker

JUNE 23, 2016

Who said Jews run Hollywood?

Inaugural list of 100 prominent players in Tinseltown shows a lack of diversity — and a whole lot of MOTs

JUNE 18, 2016

Journalist gets to the bottom of the wandering loo

When not focusing on meandering commodes, Sam Apple is a science writer preoccupied with ‘keeping the doctor away’

JUNE 7, 2016

Guerrilla mockumentarian helps Americans fundraise for Hamas

Investment banker-turned-filmmaker Ami Horowitz makes biting satire of a pervasive US anti-Israel bias, generating millions of hits worldwide

JUNE 5, 2016

At UCLA, kippa-wearing regent fights anti-Israel bigotry

Son of Israelis Abraham Oved promotes tolerance across the board and sees no reason to hide his Zionism

MAY 24, 2016

Film scored by Eric Clapton depicts child of survivors’ three days in Auschwitz

Filmmaker Philippe Mora talks about his three visits to his mother’s ‘hell,’ which he documented with help from his longtime musician friend who co-produced

MAY 20, 2016

The hills are alive with the sound of Jewgrass

Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg’s rustic Jewish-American hybrid spiritual music makes swords into plowshares

MAY 20, 2016

Expat Israelis cultivate ‘kibbutz’ vibe in Hawaiian paradise

On the Big Island, organic farming and a desire to return to nature draws an unexpectedly close Jewish community

MAY 9, 2016

Indigenous activist advocates for Israelis’ ‘Native’ rights

A self-proclaimed Zionist, Alberta-based Ryan Bellerose urges Jews to unflinchingly maintain control and access over their ancestral lands

APRIL 3, 2016

Indiegogo co-founder says teamwork is key to sweet funding success

As newly appointed chief business officer of the popular crowdfunding site, Slava Rubin works to make people’s ideas a reality

MARCH 27, 2016

Exhibit shows new works by iconic photographer who immortalized pre-WWII Jewry

Roman Vishniac retrospective at San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum includes never-before-seen footage of 1939 Poland

MARCH 26, 2016

What makes a genius, can it be nurtured, and do disproportionate numbers of Jews excel?

From ancient Athens to modern-day Israel, author Eric Weiner looks to geography to redefine what it means to be brilliant

MARCH 17, 2016

When it comes to Israel, no holds barred for Roseanne Barr

At San Francisco fundraiser, outspoken comedian opens up about her shift from critic to staunch advocate of Jewish state

MARCH 16, 2016

Captain Kirk says the real Mr. Spock ‘lived long and prospered’

In new book, William Shatner pays tribute to his USS Enterprise first officer and longtime friend Leonard Nimoy

MARCH 10, 2016

How an Auschwitz survivor fought to survive anti-Semitism in Skokie

In new documentary film, son explores father’s Holocaust ordeal and their community’s struggle against neo-Nazis and culture of hate

MARCH 8, 2016

The Bible goes primetime with sexy ‘sacred’ soap opera

A ‘Game of Thrones’-like portrayal of the Kingdom of Israel and David’s rise to power comes to the small screen with ‘Of Kings and Prophets’

MARCH 3, 2016

On stage in LA, a sisterhood of survival in pre-Nazi Germany

Two-woman show ‘My Sister’ explores life in Germany’s Weimar Republic, and the ominous threats on the horizon

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

A ‘kibbutz’ experience in California does wonders for the soul

Israeli-American author Nir Eyal says meeting regularly with a set group of friends leads to happiness, better relationships

FEBRUARY 27, 2016 

Will ‘Lanzmann’ finally win an Academy Award?

An interview with Adam Benzine, the young first-time director whose award-winning take on the famed veteran filmmaker is up for an Oscar on Sunday

FEBRUARY 23, 2016 

From grief to healing, LA play chronicles journey of bereaved Israeli mother

‘The Blessing of a Broken Heart,’ adapted from Sheri Mandell’s memoir of her son’s unresolved murder, offers universal hope

JANUARY 23, 2016 

When artists meet technology, digital party favors follow

After an event including Orthodox artist Elke Reva Sudin’s NY Drawing Booth staff, many a sketch graces guests’ virtual walls

JANUARY 10, 2016 

Who is the punk-rock-poet-actor behind the pathos of ‘Son of Saul’?

Nearly 30 years after his first life-changing visit to Auschwitz, Géza Röhrig returns to the crematoria in a ground-breaking Golden Globe-nominated film

JANUARY 4, 2016 

Make a New Year’s resolution to communicate confidently

Gmail plug-in flags words to help writers, especially women, strengthen their messages by avoid using ‘sorry’ and ‘just’

JANUARY 3, 2016

Peggy Guggenheim: Portrait of a Jewish American Princess

Smithsonian Channel’s ‘Million Dollar American Princesses,’ airing Sunday, profiles heiress and her efforts to save art from the Nazis

JANUARY 1, 2016 

Wine of the ‘Covenant’ finally found — in California

Vintner Jeff Morgan’s Covenant Winery is known for producing some of the world’s best kosher vinos, and tasty recipes to boot

DECEMBER 18, 2015 

In devastating ‘Son of Saul,’ Jewish director goes where few others dare

Busting open the genre of Holocaust film, László Nemes’s first feature is a shattering immersive experience through the eyes of a Sonderkommando

DECEMBER 11, 2015 

Tony Bennett’s daughter says Judaism keeps her from flying to the moon

A convert who is married to an Israeli, Antonia Bennett uses her new faith to ground her in the musical moment

DECEMBER 8, 2015 

Why you should learn to make latkes from a bunch of college kids

Founded by two Northwestern students, the food-centered Spoon University online initiative now attracts upwards of $2.5 million in funding

DECEMBER 5, 2015 

How one Jewish keyboardist strives to fix the world

American musician Jamie Saft taps into Jewish spirituality, blues, jazz and other influences in the service of ‘tikkun olam’

NOVEMBER 28, 2015 

A human portrait of a Russian arms dealer

In his new documentary, Jewish filmmaker Tony Gerber explores the rags-to-riches-to-prison story of the notorious Viktor Bout

NOVEMBER 12, 2015 

The Jewish Mr. Rogers of comedy still wants to be your neighbor

The son of a rabbi, nice guy comedian David Steinberg’s heretical irreverence is always delivered with a smile

NOVEMBER 11, 2015 

Film explores gay Israeli-Arabs’ identities under rockets’ red glare

Now screening in New York, British director Jake Witzenfeld’s ‘Oriented’ depicts the challenges and triumphs of three Palestinian gay men in war-time Tel Aviv

NOVEMBER 11, 2015 

How the ultimate comfort food helps cure cancer

Now available across North America, the Pies For Prevention Thanksgiving Bake supports the work of Jewish organization Sharsheret’s Ovarian Cancer Program

NOVEMBER 1, 2015 

In tough times, a ‘sweat therapy’ for the body and mind

Actress Erin Stutland combines her onscreen skills and high-energy personality to find inner peace and exercise

OCTOBER 27, 2015

New episode puts the Jewish home in ‘Homeland’

Award-winning Israeli writer-director Gideon Raff is not shy of showcasing his native land in his popular thriller TV series

OCTOBER 15, 2015 

A (mostly) serious shmooze with funny lady Sarah Silverman

Ahead of general release of ‘I Smile Back,’ the comedienne tells Times of Israel how she stripped away her trademark humor for this pivotal dramatic role

OCTOBER 7, 2015 

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, a digital age DIY Dick Clark

Outside of his wunderkind acting CV, the mega-creative risk-taker director is also on the cutting edge of crowd-sourced TV

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015 

TV Land’s favorite Jewish family gears up for third season

‘The Goldbergs,’ a semi-autobiographical sitcom by Adam F. Goldberg, is set to return to living rooms across America on September 23

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015 

From Holy Land to Hollywood, a star is born

Israeli-American singer Ayana Haviv regularly performs classical, jazz and pop. But for the High Holy Days, she’ll be dusting off her cantorial chops as well

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

Master NY mixologist toasts ‘l’chaim’ with popular hipster spirit

‘Mister’ Allen Katz was inspired by his father’s old-fashioned Friday night cocktails for his retro bottled Rock&Rye

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Was it divine intervention that saw viewers choose this Amazon series?

Premiering September 4, Ron Perlman’s ‘The Hand of God,’ co-starring Israeli actress Alona Tal, survived the cut in last year’s high-profile audience choice vote

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Screenwriter David Sacks on why fish should believe in water

The award-winning Hollywood staple shows off his spiritual side in an in-depth discussion on the existence and meaning of God

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Lily Tomlin plays the straight man in Netflix comedy

Recently renewed for a second season, in ‘Grace and Frankie,’ two law partners come out as romantic partners, and their wives mop up the mess

AUGUST 31, 2015

Learn Jewish history in the new season of ‘Downton Abbey’

A preview indicates Lady Rose and Hebrew hunk Atticus are on the move to NY. Would this parallel a genuine UK-US Jewish story line?

AUGUST 26, 2015

Has the Israel Museum gone dotty at 50? Time will tell

To design a new commemorative 50th anniversary Swatch watch, museum director James Snyder had to exhibit his personal side

AUGUST 19, 2015

The magical world of Adrien Brody

Next month will see two debuts for the youngest Best Actor Oscar winner ever: a Harry Houdini mini-series, and a film about an Iranian Jew

AUGUST 19, 2015

Retrial for confessed Etan Patz murderer reset for winter

The first missing child to appear on a milk carton was declared dead in 2001. No body has been found, and justice is still elusive

AUGUST 19, 2015

Ahead of a very Jewy Emmys, a short history of TV’s Jewification

MOT characters are de rigueur in Hollywood today, and unlike in days of yore, often with as much sincerity as hilarity

AUGUST 15, 2015

The year of Jake Gyllenhaal

Currently ruling the box office in ‘Southpaw,’ the uber ripped actor is a crazy combo of Jewish Swedish royalty

AUGUST 14, 2015 

Who is the real Larry from ‘Orange is the New Black’?

Despite their on-screen break-up, the reallife Piper and Larry behind the no longer-autobiographical show are still going strong, and writing up fresh material, six words at a time

AUGUST 13, 2015 

Primetime space after ‘Sex in the City’

Evan Handler, who played Charlotte’s adorable Jewish husband, hits the small screens on ABC in ‘The Astronaut Wives Club’

AUGUST 12, 2015

An ‘Oasis’ of Spielberg in 2015

Two ‘event films’ on the slate from the three-time Academy Award-winning director

AUGUST 9, 2015 

TV big shot David Simon says he’s the PBS of HBO

Cable channel recently picked up a double bill of pilots from self-described ‘Wandering Jew’ producer

AUGUST 9, 2015 

James Franco goes a kind of blue

Maverick actor/poet/teacher to star in new HBO series about twin movers and shakers of ‘adult content’

AUGUST 9, 2015 

Nothing is sacred for this pair of Jewish ‘broads’

‘Broad City’ creators Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson may be snubbed by the Emmys, but their Comedy Central show’s following is winning the Internet

AUGUST 6, 2015 

Netflix gets campy with even Jewier prequel to cult classic

Star-studded tribute to 2001’s ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ is a smorgasbord of awkward Jewish camp moments, complete with a pelvis-thrusting shofar duel

JULY 28, 2015 

LA Jewish mother raises awareness — and guilt — against texting and driving

Margot Grabie’s campaign provides free markers for drivers to write on their windows; aims to encourage others to put down phone when at the wheel

JULY 20, 2015 

From nice Jewish girl to master of sex

Actor Lizzy Caplan hits the big time playing famed sexologist Virginia Johnson in Showtime’s steamy hit drama

JULY 12, 2015 

Paul Rudd is your friendly neighborhood Jewish superhero

Quintessential nice guy comedian says he turned to humor as a way to fit in among non-Jewish classmates in Kansas

JULY 10, 2015 

Looking for a Jewish prayer shawl? Try Old Navy

As in the case of last year’s Zara ‘concentration camp tee,’ when Jewish — or Nazi — symbols influence fashion, social media wakes up

JULY 7, 2015 

Is Sarah Jessica Parker just a tease?

Rumors abound over a new ‘Sex in the City’ installment, as its front woman turns covergirl

JULY 7, 2015 

Amy Schumer mans up to bad joke

Comedian takes responsibility for off-color one-liner from two years ago

JULY 5, 2015

Jewish gymnast bares all on beam

Gold medalist Aly Raisman reflects on body image and athletic focus for a new, nude video on ESPN

ISRAEL 21C

JANUARY 27 2022 Magnificent Chagall Windows mark 60 years in Jerusalem. Each of the 12 stained-glass panels that Chagall donated to Hadassah Medical Center is filled with a dance of intricate images and stunning colors.

SEPTEMBER 20 2021 Israeli-grown vanilla is about to disrupt the industry. A new Israeli company delivers what it describes as a dramatically better bean positioned to disrupt the industry.

AUGUST 1 2021 Nothing is impossible for Israel’s most unlikely marathon champ. She’s only been running for five years, but Ultra-Orthodox marathoner and mother of five Beatie Deutsch is breaking records and stereotypes.

MAY 4 2021 The Israel-Arab woman bringing diversity to Hebrew University. Mona Khoury Kassabri is Hebrew University’s new VP of diversity. It’s a major milestone for the university, and she has a great deal planned.

MARCH 9 2021 The man who makes the greatest kosher wine on Planet Earth. Vintner Jeff Morgan maintains Covenant wineries in California and in Israel.

THE ATLANTIC

JANUARY 22, 2016

How Son of Saul Captures the Reality of the Holocaust

More than any other in its genre, the Oscar-nominated Hungarian film brings to life an atrocity that’s at risk of becoming an abstraction.

THE NEW YORK TIMES 

AUGUST 24, 2012

A Verdict That Alters an Industry (co-authored with Brian X. Chen)

AUGUST 24, 2012

Apple Beats Samsung: First Reactions (contributor)

AUGUST 24, 2012

Jury Awards $1 Billion to Apple in Samsung Patent Case (contributor)

JULY 10, 2006 

In This Paper War, an Owner Faces an Exodus of Journalists

JANUARY 25, 2006 

I.B.M. Accused of Denying Overtime Pay to Workers

DECEMBER 31, 2005

In Israel, Where Art Imitates Messy Life 

DECEMBER 22, 2005

Jury Rules Wal-Mart Must Pay $172 Million Over Meal Breaks

DECEMBER 28, 2004

Keeping Kosher, and Doing It With Some Style

JEWISH JOURNAL OF GREATER LOS ANGELES

JANUARY 19, 2021 Eric Weiner Searches for Life Lessons in ‘Socrates Express’

JANUARY 18, 2021 UnReal (Covid-Era) Success

DECEMBER 23, 2020 Film Director Pavel Lungin on ‘Esau’

NOVEMBER 24, 2020 Talking with Maya Batash About “Talking With God”

OCTOBER 2, 2020 Maya Kadishman on Her Late Father’s Exhibit at the Jerusalem Botanical Garden In an unprecedented collaboration, the Jerusalem Botanical Garden has teamed up with groups world-wide to create an open-air exhibition, “Returning to Nature.”

MARCH 27, 2020 Sarah Benor’s Jewish Language Website Offers Virtual Seder Tips

JANUARY 8, 2020 Israeli Musical Innovator Idan Raichel on Inspiration and Innovation

DECEMBER 4, 2019 Sara Erenthal’s Public Art Projects

NOVEMBER 22, 2019 A ‘Shark Tank’ Win for Local Resident’s Vegan Corned Beef

OCTOBER 16, 2019 Pico Shul Fighting Neighborhood Oil

MAY 8, 2019 Hamas Rockets Won’t Stop Eurovision

MAY 1, 2019 Jonah Sanderson Reacts to Poway Shooting With ‘The Time Is Now’ Initiative

MAY 1, 2019 When It Comes to Matchmaking, ‘Bubbies Know Best’

APRIL 24, 2019 ‘Portraits of Hope’ Comes to Downtown L.A.

FEBRUARY 27, 2019 Duvid Swirsky: Art Imitating Life Imitating Art

FEBRUARY 13, 2019 Géza Röhrig: The Hungarian, Orthodox Jewish Movie Star

JANUARY 2, 2019 Erin Stutland: Manifesting Through Movement

NOVEMBER 20, 2018 Jewish Groups Scramble to Aid Camp Fire Evacuees

VARIETY 

JANUARY 13, 2016Tim Story’s Savvy Wife Vicky Mara Story is All About ‘Business’ NOVEMBER 17, 2015For Universal, Diversity is Key to Box Office Success OCTOBER 7, 2015Mill Valley Film Festival Throws Hat Into Awards Ring 

OCTOBER 7, 2015 At 38th Mill Valley Film Fest, Gender is on the Agenda AUGUST 25, 2015Cathy Heller: From Tunesmith Novice to Licensing Guru

FORWARD

MARCH 3, 2015 Let’s Talk Hasidic in Hawaiian

NOVEMBER 25 2019, Giving the Gift of Kitsch

DECEMBER 16, 2005 Give the Gift of Kitsch Fast Forward

HADASSAH MAGAZINE

JANUARY 2006 The Arts: Memory Gets a New Home 

Yad Vashem has built an ambitious history museum to try to explain the Holocaust to a world that will one day be without living survivors.

FEBRUARY 2006 North America’s Aliya Engine When Daniel Rebuck made aliya last December, his decision dovetailed with an unexpected emptiness. “I’ve lost all the things I’ve built up,” said Rebuck, 36.

MARCH 2003 “Painting Out of a Corner” cover story. Friedl (Frederike) Dicker-Brandeis (1898-1944), a Bauhaus-trained artist of Austrian Jewish origin, spent her last two years teaching art to children in the Theresienstadt ghetto/concentration camp.

NORTHEAST, WEEKEND MAGAZINE, The Hartford Courant

February 20, 2005 Going Home, Cover Story

MOMENT MAGAZINE

JANUARY 6, 2004 Jewish Again, Cover Story, First Prize, AJPA Rockower Awards for Magazine Feature Writing 

JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY

OCTOBER 11, 2013 

In music and life, Neshama Carlebach following in father’s footsteps

AUGUST 14, 2012

Shlomo Carlebach’s life comes to the stage in ‘Soul Doctor’

MARCH 7, 2012

With a Broadway show and new CDs, Shlomo Carlebach’s tunes resound worldwide

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

For traditional musicians, alternatives to the Friday night concert abound

JEWISH LIVING MAGAZINE

JUNE 17, 2008

Top Ten Jewish Neighborhoods, Cover Story

THE JERUSALEM POST 

FEBRUARY 28 2007 The desert will rejoice. (Kibbutz Sde Boker, the home of Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister.)

FEBRUARY 21, 2007 Biblical Roots at Neot Kedumim

NOVEMBER 1, 2005 Mitzvot in Maui. By land he’s a rabbi, by sea a whale researcher.

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

MARCH 18, 2007 Music, Spirit, Identity: Young Jews from Fort Bragg to Uganda Gather

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE WEEKEND MAGAZINE

OCTOBER 23, 2005 The State of the Spa 

Is it simply a matter of supply and demand, or have Americans worked themselves into a frenzy that requires spa treatments?

FORBES

APRIL 2, 2001 Tales from the Valley. Storyteller helps tech consultants convey their vision to customers and clients

AUGUST 30, 1999 High tech Dracula A Transylvanian immigrant wins Compaq a patent for recharging computer batteries by sucking up the energy of fingers hitting the keyboard.

AUGUST 26, 1999 A banker’s banner year
With the Tour de France and a champion startup, a San Francisco investment banker/cycling enthusiast makes a business of winning.

AUGUST 19, 1999 Sefi Visiger: ICQ’s low-key creator
One year and $287 million later, Israeli wunderkind speaks about the “Mirabilis Effect” and life at this cult-hit, instant messaging service.

AUGUST 12, 1999 Cyber-shepherd tends domains of celebrities
A minister moonlights online, giving away web addresses to stars and encouraging charitable acts in return.

JULY 29, 1999 Where there’s a wheel, there’s a way. Johnson & Johnson rolls into the realm of high tech solutions for the disabled with a wired wheelchair that transcends sand and stairs.

JULY 12, 1999 Womenconnect.com secures startupsuccess
Business-to-business web stocks aren’t sexy, but they’ve got more going for them than first meets the eye–real revenues.

JUNE 28, 1999 One immigrant’s high tech startup dream
How a Jewish refugee from the former USSR saw his son’s boom box as an inspiration for improving battery performance and the human condition.

JUNE 21, 1999 Startup cashes in on commercial printing
E-commerce finds money on the highway

JUNE 15, 1999 Tripwire trips up technological trespassers
Purdue University security software has gone from shareware to share the wealth, attracting millions in funding and funneling out intruders beyond the firewall.

JUNE 14, 1999 Startups Abroad: The Irish-Israeli Technology Tango
How two tiny nations hit the economic dance floor and why they may become long-term partners. 

THE BALTIMORE SUN

APRIL 12, 1998 The Shadow Life of Jews in Germany

JANUARY 25, 1998 From Sea to Sea. Drifting between Israel’s four bodies of water can be a healing experience indeed. Story and photos. 

LOS ANGELES TIMES

MAY 16, 1993Rabbi Adds Voice to Ethics Panel Advising Health Care Task Force Insurance: Elliot Dorff hopes group headed by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will provide a medical plan using a communitarian approach

APRIL 1, 1993 Tapping the Source Genealogy: Family trees grow new branches with the thousands of documents at the Mormon Temple’s Family History Center

MARCH 28, 1993 KCRW Show Speaks Out for ‘Prisoners of Conscience’

MARCH 21 1993 Jews and African-Americans Strive for Harmony at UCLA

MARCH 21, 1993 World on a G-String: Retirees: Former striptease dancers share their memories and try to demystify burlesque at UCLA conference. 

MARCH 14, 1993Talking Computer Assists Blind Student

MARCH 7, 1993 Gays in the Military: Ex-Officer Says U.S. Should Follow Israel’s Example of Tolerance

FEBRUARY 19, 1993 Lorenzo’s Oil: Boy’s Family Hopes Treatment Will Prevent Deadly Illness

JANUARY 26, 1993 Interfaith Women Plan to Aid Bosnia Rape Victims