NEWS from JTA

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Email to a Friend

My leather-bound life

By Mrs. Shoshana F

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewlyweds/item/my_leather_bound_life_20080612/

It’s kind of fun to have your whole life – literally – in your hands.

Recipient email:
Your email:
Comments:
 

Featured Stories

U.S.
Anger replaces shock as Madoff scam puts spotlight on charity boards

Anger has begun to supplant shock as those who contribute to prominent Jewish charities or work on their behalf gasp for comprehension of the unprecedented percussion that the Bernard L. Madoff investment fraud is having on their favorite causes.

Arts
The ‘Maus’ that roared

Art Spiegelman attended Harpur College in Binghamton, N.Y. It was the '60s! Sex, LSD and combinations of both blew his mind, while trips to San Francisco, the East Village and a Vermont commune put flowers in his hair, or at least in some of his drawings.

Torah Portion
Quality of Life

Parshat Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27): It was brief. Jacob, head of the House of Israel, met with Pharaoh, King of Egypt

Books
Stormin’ da castle: Tony Curtis in Hollywood

Curtis doesn't fully appreciate how much his on-screen allure owed to his being Jewish