In early August, the Yiddish Arts and Academics Association of North America (YAAANA) plans to move its arts and cultural center Yiddishland California — formerly located in La Jolla, CA — to its new home in La Paz, the capital of Mexico’s Baja California Sur state. Like most Yiddish organizations, YAAANA operates on a shoestring... […]
A Rooftop in Jerusalem Michael Kinnamon Köehlerbooks, 248 pages, $27.95 It’s 1969, and Daniel, a loosely practicing Christian undergrad from Yale, enrolls in a junior-year abroad program at Tel Aviv University. One night, he ends up alone in Jerusalem and is taken in by a Palestinian hotel owner. During his stay, Daniel, with the help... […]
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