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The Big Picture
SD school district’s Jewish leader has big-picture vision for public education
September 2015
- In Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ the main hero feels plucked from ExodusWhile some scholars note the parallels between The Odyssey and the Book of Genesis, Christopher Nolan’s version of the epic seems to take its cue from Exodus. The nearly three-hour long movie, staggering in its length and cinematic beauty, does not sing the praises of Homer’s ingenious inventor but depicts a reluctant and flawed leader,... […]
- How Michigan’s Senate race is testing pro-Israel Jews’ loyalty to the Democratic Party(JTA) — Joel Tauber has been through many an election in his 92 years. And, with the exception of “one out of 100 times,” he’s always backed a Democrat — something even more important in the current midterm cycle, he believes. “Winning the Senate and the House is the beginning of a way back to... […]