Anthony Russell’s new album mashes up Yiddish folk songs and African American roots songs in unexpected and transcendent ways.
Debut novel by anti-occupation activist Moriel Rothman-Zecher reflects life in a ‘broken place’ and charts the fragile relationship between an IDF soldier and Palestinian twins.
It is by far the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s darkest book to date. From the opening scene, in which the grandfather strangles his boss in a blind rage, there is violence and emotional trauma at every turn.
Forty years on, ‘Operation Thunderbolt,’ an authoritative account of the rescue of 102 hostages from a hijacked plane – warts and all – has finally come to light.
Well, the quality doesn’t yet meet Bronx standards, but Israeli immigrants from Russia, Ukraine and Ethiopia are putting together their own weird style.
