HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST EVENTS

Tony Kushner
April 11, 2005
DCJCC
One of the most celebrated playwrights of the last 20 years, Tony tackles AIDS in Angels in America; Afghanistan in Homebody/Kabul; and race and social revolution in the musical Caroline, or Change. Kushner is also the author of Brundibar, a children's book based on the 1938 opera, and co-editor of Wrestling with Zion. He has received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and two Tony awards.
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Franklin Foer March 17, 2005
DCJCC
Author of How Soccer Explains the World, Foer talks about the history of Jews and soccer, from the club teams of the 1920s to the ravages of the Nazis to contemporary teams like Ajax of Amsterdam that have consciously adopted a Jewish identity.
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RECENT FEATURES

Lighten Up
By Jonathan Dixon
Leavening, the (really) old-fashioned way

Wolves at the Door
by Lawrence Levi
My brother and I carried our shared past in different directions

Zionist Princess
By Adam Kirsch
A new biography shines a light on Marie Syrkin

Intimate Stranger
Interview by Sara Ivry
A young poet's journey on the island of Djerba

The Banality of Reading
By Daniel Elkind
Judging the Führer by his covers

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