| | Plus will the real Flagman please stand up? and more in the news What the region needs is more nationalism, less sectarianism  | |  A breathless new biography of the late Wendy Wasserstein hints at the deep tensions in the playwright's life but, like its subject, fails to confront them The great subject for American Jewish literature has always been the family: its imprisoning intimacy, its guilt-inducing demands, and sometimes even its life-giving warmth. From Arthur Miller's Lomans, cursed by their dreams of success, to Henry Roth's David Schearl, depraved by the sexual tensions in his extended clan, the heroes of American Jewish fiction are generally martyrs to their families. If Judaism had saints, these writers' patron saint would be Jephthah's daughter, who was sacrificed by her father in accordance with a thoughtless vow. More  | Forget vampires and zombies. For meaningful meditations on attraction, power, and body, young readers should turn to that ancient Jewish monster, the golem. More |  | Jeanette Ingberman—the co-founder of New York's Exit Art gallery, who died last week—brought a Talmudic sensibility to avant-garde art More | | | | This email was sent to you by Tablet Magazine. To ensure delivery to your inbox, please add digest@tabletmag.com to your address book. To unsubscribe to this email, reply to this email with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line. Tablet Magazine | 37 West 28th Street, 8th floor | New York, NY 10001 Unsubscribe | Forward to a Friend | |
No comments:
Post a Comment