Out and About: Jewish Superheroes; Are Israeli Books Too Cheap?
Image by Courtesy of Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios
By Ezra Glinter July 21, 2011
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Paris art dealer and racehorse breeder Guy Wildenstein faces up to seven years in prison for harboring missing artworks.
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Should the Israeli government intervene in the country’s bookselling business?
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Nahma Sandrow and Arthur S. Leonard weigh in on Joseph Dorman’s documentary, “Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness.”
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Jacob Silverman, Leil Leibovitz and Mike Reddy wonder what would happen if superheroes got back to their Jewish roots.
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A youth hostel has been installed in a wing of a giant Nazi vacation resort.
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Now you can give money to the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, the first “sincere-and-ironic comedy festival.”
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On her new show “Web Therapy,” Lisa Kudrow does in three minutes what used to take 50.
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Ethan Coen’s collection of short plays, “Happy Hour,” will debut at the Atlantic Theater Company next season.
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