The story behind the story: review of Thomas Keneally’s memoir Searching for Schindler The Jerusalem Post, January 2, 2009 More than 25 years after the publication of Thomas Keneally’s Schindler’s Ark, which Steven Spielberg adapted into the Academy Award-winning film Schindler’s List, comes Keneally’s latest, Searching for Schindler. Keneally is a well-established figure in …
Up against a wall The Jerusalem Post, December 26, 2008 Slapped over the graffiti and posters that decorate an abandoned building on otherwise glossy Dizengoff is an advertisement – in plain typeface on plain white paper – for “Desert Life,” the first exhibition of a new artists’ collective. The homegrown advertisement mirrors both the …
Bittersweet surrender The Jerusalem Post, December 12, 2008 I landed in the Philippines as I land everywhere – with no plans. Though I didn’t know where I was going, I knew exactly what I was looking for: a mind-blowing beach, minus the mind-numbing tourist scene. I wanted meditatively quiet sands, a place to let …
Where there’s smoke: review of A.B. Yehoshua’s novel Friendly Fire The Jerusalem Post, December 12, 2008 While perusing the bowing bookshelves of a dinner party host recently, I noticed a large A.B. Yehoshua collection. “Looks like someone’s a Yehoshua fan,” I remarked. The hostess laughed, “Not exactly.” She explained the books once belonged to …