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Richard "Kinky" Friedman

Quick 5: Perfectly Kinky

June 27, 2018 Simone Ellin, Associate Editor

Jmore recently spoke with Kinky Friedman about the origins of his nickname, his new album “Circus of Life” and his long friendship with country music icon Willie Nelson.

The late Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir salutes and reviews an Israel Defense Forces color guard on Independence Day in 1969. (Government Press Office, State of Israel)

Golda Meir Biographer to Speak at AMIT Baltimore Event

June 7, 2018 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

Jmore recently spoke with the Manhattan-based Francine Klagsbrun, 87, a longtime contributor to the New York Jewish Week and Lilith magazine, about the life and legacy of the Kiev-born, American-raised Golda Meir.

Emma Snyder is part owner of The Ivy Bookshop in Mount Washington. (Photo by Vincent Lupo)

The Reader

May 30, 2018 Betsy Boyd

Buying an indie bookstore was the business decision Emma Snyder burned to make.

Philip Roth is shown here at the National Humanities Medal ceremony at the White House in 2011. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

Philip Roth, Peerless Chronicler of American Jewish Life, is Dead at 85

May 23, 2018 JTA

Early in his career, Philip Roth drew outrage with sometimes stinging depictions of Jewish life, as well as his graphic portrayal in his breakout 1969 novel “Portnoy’s Complaint” of the protagonist’s sexual desires.

“We Spoke Out: Comic Books and the Holocaust” features 18 comics that dealt with the Holocaust. (IDW Publishing/Yoe Books, JTA Collage)

How Comic Books Taught American Kids About the Holocaust

May 4, 2018 Josefin Dolsten, JTA

Rafael Medoff and Neal Adams — known for his iconic work on DC Comics’ Batman and Green Arrow — decided to explore how a genre aimed at entertaining youths tackled one of history’s darkest chapters.

Emma Gray: "I don’t think you can have an effective #MeToo Movement without considering the movement for racial justice or how immigrant women are impacted by sexual harassment." (Photo by Damon Dahlen)

Author’s ‘Handbook’ Complements Today’s Women’s Rights Movement

May 1, 2018 Aliza Friedlander

Emma Gray, a senior women’s reporter for HuffPost, is used to covering the intersection between politics and gender.

J.K. Rowling attends the 70th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) at Royal Albert Hall in London, Feb. 12, 2017. (John Phillips/Getty Images)

J.K. Rowling is Giving a Master Class in Identifying Anti-Semitism and It’s Magical

April 18, 2018 JTA

Rowling got in so deep, she forgot for a moment that her followers mainly want to chat about, well, Harry Potter.

Jewish Currents (JTA collage)

Jewish Currents, a 72-Year-Old Left-Wing Magazine, Wants to Appeal to Millennials

April 18, 2018 Josefin Dolsten, JTA

This won’t be the first time Jewish Currents, a 72-year-old magazine for the secular left, undergoes a transformation.

Michael Twitty speaking at the annual Food Book Fair in New York, May 13, 2017. (Clay Williams)

African-American Jewish Culinary Historian to Speak at Randallstown Library

April 11, 2018 Josefin Dolsten, JTA

Twitty’s background is reflected in his unique takes on traditional Jewish food. A Shabbat dinner at his house might include such dishes as “kosher soul-rolls” and Senegalese chicken soup featuring matzah balls and peanut butter.

Sussman & Lev, shown here around 1930, was Baltimore's first full-scale Jewish delicatessen. (File image)

Baltimore Jewish History Book Launched at Jewish Museum of Md. Event

April 9, 2018 Mark Satter

The first Jews in Baltimore were mainly Dutch, around the same time as the American Revolution. Then in the mid-19th century, there was a wave of emigrants from the German states, Bavaria and Hesse.

"Roller Coaster Grandma: The Amazing Story of Dr. Ruth" (Courtesy of Apples & Honey Press)

Here are Some Children’s Books for Passover — and Spring,Too

March 21, 2018 Penny Schwartz

Looking beyond Passover, a new crop of Jewish children’s books beckons for the spring.