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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 351

Steve North

Steve North

Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald, who is being escorted by Dallas police detective Jim Leavelle (left), November 24, 1963 (Robert H. Jackson / Wikipedia)
April 12, 2023, 9:19 pm
Hillel Silverman, Dallas rabbi whose congregant killed JFK’s assassin, dies at 99
Silverman was spiritual leader of Shearith Israel from 1954 to 1964; Jack Ruby, a nightclub owner with links to the Mafia who shot Lee Harvey Oswald, was one of his congregants
By Steve North
The author's grandmother, Jenny Katz, in 1927, the year before she married Siegfried Bachenheimer. At right is the autograph book that she shared with friends and family as a 14-year-old girl in 1916. (Courtesy Steve North/ via JTA)
November 13, 2021, 3:06 am
Pre-Holocaust childhood autograph book delights researchers and romantics
A German-Jewish grandmother’s Poesiealbum is one of few that made it through WWII, and shows warm turn-of-the-century friendships between an Orthodox Jew and her Gentile neighbors
By Steve North
A scene from the London production of 'The Prince of Egypt' (Tristram Kenton/ via JTA)
April 17, 2020, 2:57 am
‘Prince of Egypt,’ ‘Wicked’ composer says inspired fans are his greatest reward
Discussing the recent stage adaptation of the Disney Exodus classic, his career and Jewish roots, Stephen Schwartz says he ‘didn’t really see it’ when Spielberg first tapped him
By Steve North
Cast of 'Swan Lake Rock Opera.' (Lauren Khalfayan)
October 11, 2019, 3:46 am
Israel dives into US theater scene with newest export, ‘Swan Lake Rock Opera’
Setting itself apart with its universal appeal, the show still boasts a laundry list of Israeli icons among its writers, creators, and actors; now playing in an extended run in NYC
By Steve North
Andy Kindler has frequently referenced the Holocaust in his comedy. (Courtesy of Just for Laughs/via JTA)
August 10, 2019, 4:46 am
Jewish comic Andy Kindler says Donald Trump is the joke that keeps on giving
‘Comedy in the Reagan era pales in comparison,’ the ombudsman of stand-up tells peers at Just for Laughs in Montreal, calling the president’s ‘racism’ an inspiration for humorists
By Steve North
Comedian Elon Gold talks at John Jay College in New York, February 26, 2017. He has incorporated Jew-hatred into his comedy sets for years. (Shahar Azran/Getty Images/via JTA)
July 27, 2019, 6:17 am
Jewish comedians aim to deflate modern anti-Semitism with laughs
‘The only way we can fight them is by mocking them and exposing the ignorance of their bigotry,’ said Elon Gold ahead of the July 22 Just for Laughs festival in Montreal
By Steve North
Betti Rosenbaum Bachenheimer, namesake of the author's mother and original writer of the recipe book; one of the original recipes, handwritten in ancient German script. (Courtesy)
October 22, 2018, 2:34 pm
A great-grandma’s recipes recall sweet stories of pre-Holocaust life in Germany
Strangers across the globe share in some unexpected lessons when one reporter’s mother rediscovers a long-lost cookbook handwritten in ancient German script
By Steve North
Rivka Michaeli performing onstage. (Reli Avrahami)
August 31, 2018, 5:12 am
Israel’s feisty 80-year-old media ‘lioness’ makes rare NYC appearance
Veteran comedian, actress, singer and talk show host Rivka Michaeli takes to the stage at a funky new cabaret club in the Big Apple on September 1
By Steve North
Orny Adams is headlining the 'Ethnic Show' at Montreal’s prestigious Just For Laughs festival. (Courtesy of Just For Laughs/via JTA)
July 26, 2018, 10:58 am
Comedian Orny Adams talks about his Jewish background (just not onstage)
The observational humorist skips the identity politics and pokes fun at the ‘small things that bother us every day’
By Steve North
John Filo’s Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph of Mary Ann Vecchio, a 14-year-old runaway, kneeling over the body of Jeffrey Miller minutes after he was fatally shot by the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. (Via JTA)
May 29, 2018, 2:51 am
Elaine Holstein, last surviving parent of Kent State victims, dies at 96
The photo of Jeffrey Miller at the 1970 Ohio university protest became an iconic anti-war symbol. For ‘typical Jewish mother’ Holstein, it depicted the cruel death of her son
By Steve North
Bertha Reynolds, born Bertha Hurwitz in Poland, served as a White House secretary in the Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower administrations. (Courtesy of Shirley Thaler/via JTA)
May 3, 2018, 2:58 am
Recalling Aunt Bertie, the longest-serving Jewish staffer in White House history
An old suitcase schlepped down from the attic turns out to contain a trove of historical American treasures from a woman who, in a hostile-to-Hebrews world, worked with giants
By Steve North
From left, cast members of 'Meteor Shower': Keegan-Michael Key, Jeremy Shamos, Amy Schumer and Laura Benanti. (Matthew Murphy/via JTA)
January 9, 2018, 5:39 pm
A Broadway veteran joins Amy Schumer in Steve Martin’s Jewy new play
Jeremy Shamos might fulfill the role of ‘Mr. Reliability’ across from major TV stars in the production of ‘Meteor Shower,’ but that doesn’t stop him from getting his own laughs
By Steve North
Golda Meir, shown in January 1964, was not the world's first female prime minister. (Wikimedia Commons/JTA)
November 18, 2017, 11:21 pm
The time I didn’t meet Golda Meir
A reporter recalls the groundbreaking interview on Israel’s one-time prime minister that made headlines around the world
By Steve North
Ari’el Stachel, right, plays matchmaker to two shy Israelis, played by Rachel Prather and Etai Benson, in 'The Band’s Visit.' (Matt Murphy/via JTA)
November 11, 2017, 1:38 pm
On Broadway, a US-Israeli plays an Egyptian romantic in ‘The Band’s Visit’
Ari’el Stachel, 26, plays Haled, a trumpeter, who quietly connects with his Jewish hosts during a long night in a tiny village in the Negev Desert
By Steve North
Hans Wolfermann, Bunny, and Anne in 2015 at the bar mitzvah of a great-grandson. (Steve North)
August 19, 2017, 11:46 am
The improbable journey of German-Venezuelan-American wandering Jews
Hans Wolfermann is remembered for his tenacity in the face of dictatorial regimes from Nazi Europe to South America
By Steve North
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