The real Jeffrey Tambor

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on March 28, 2013

A politically correct seder

By David Mamet
Published on March 22, 2013

David Mamet's original cartoon.

A response to a stiff-necked playwright

Published on November 5, 2012

David Mamet recently asked the following questions of “Jews planning to vote for Obama.” Herewith, my responses.

Clara Mamet makes her way in the family biz

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on September 10, 2012

Uncle Maury and the Chris-Craft

By David Mamet
Published on August 15, 2012

Imagine a new member to the family. The real or prospective son- or daughter-in-law is not sat down and explained the family ways, nor given diagrams, lists and rules for behavior. They are told stories.

Letters to the Editor: David Mamet, Dennis Prager, USC Hillel

Published on August 1, 2012

In “At What Cost?” (July 27), David Mamet asserts that the national debt has doubled under President Barack Obama and that government has increased massively in size.

At What Cost?

By David Mamet
Published on July 25, 2012

It has been suggested that the purpose of a college education is to ease the transition into adulthood. After several decades teaching college-age students, I would agree, only substituting delay and prevent for ease.

‘Girls’ writer lays bare women’s insecurities

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on April 25, 2012

Letters to the Editor: Job searching, Buy Israel, David Mamet, Global Warming

Published on November 30, 2011

Even though organizations like JVS have WorkSource centers on Wilshire Boulevard and in Marina del Rey, the jobs through JVS are all online (“Still Unemployed: Out of Luck but Not Out of Hope,” Nov. 25). The process of finding jobs online is not effective.

Dear David Mamet: Reform Judaism doesn’t surrender

Published on November 28, 2011

David Mamet’s recent, meandering tirade demands a response, even if cogency permits only a partial rejoinder. So, I will limit myself to where he begins and I where I “live,” with the Reform Movement.

Letters to the Editor: David Mamet, Marty Kaplan, anorexia

Published on November 23, 2011

Letters to the editor

Opinion: Conflict, choice and surrender

By David Mamet
Published on November 17, 2011

The old joke has it, how many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris? No one knows — it’s never been tried.

David Mamet’s political manifesto explains the reformed liberal playwright

By Jonathan Kirsch
Published on June 7, 2011

Let me say right away that I am an ardent and devoted fan of David Mamet. I have only a very small collection of movies on DVD, but two of them are “The Spanish Prisoner” and “House of Games,” both of which I’ve watched repeatedly. My wife, Ann, and I were in the audience for Mamet’s production of “Boston Marriage” at the Geffen and again when he produced a magic-and-memoir show featuring Ricky Jay.

Kushmet

By Rob Eshman
Published on November 8, 2007

And so, my two favorite playwrights find themselves on opposite sides of a longstanding Jewish divide. "All sound creative art is rooted in a ghetto," the critic Ludwig Lewisohn once wrote. Once out of that ghetto, the roots bifurcate, and we Jews have fashioned two strategies for survival. For the Mamets, salvation lies in toughness and certainty, the People of the Butch. For Kushner, our promise is in compromise and doubt.

The Next (book) conversation

By Tom Teicholz
Published on April 26, 2007

Nextbook, an organization devoted to Jewish literature, culture and ideas (www.nextbook.org) came to L.A. last weekend, staging a full day festival at UCLA's MacGowan and Freud theaters called "Acting Jewish: Film, TV, Comedy, Music," the first of what it hopes to be an annual event.

Nextbook cuts wide swath in Jewish cultural world—from dot-org to real life

By Saul Austerlitz
Published on April 19, 2007

Just four years ago, Nextbook got its start as an organization committed to promoting public library programs dedicated to Jewish topics. In short order, the ever-evolving nonprofit has conquered a swath of territory in the contested realm of Jewish arts and ideas, steadily expanding while maintaining its focus on Jewish cultural and intellectual life.

Debbie Friedman, L.A. Opera, Norman Mailer and David Mamet

By Keren Engelberg
Published on February 1, 2007

Calendar

David Mamet has one question—for the wicked son

By Tom Teicholz
Published on November 9, 2006

David Mamet has written a book, "The Wicked Son: Anti-Semitism, Self-Hatred and the Jews" (Shocken/Nextbook), that is by turns bold, courageous, and outrageous -- it is a book that calls Diaspora Jews to the table and asks: "In or Out?"

Jewish Book Month’s Table of Contents

Published on November 2, 2006

Jewish Book Month's Table of Contents

Plays by David Mamet

By Helen Schary Motro
Published on November 18, 1999

When David Mamet, the son of brilliant but emotionally abusive parents, was growing up in Chicago, his mother told him, according to The New Yorker profile of the playwright, "I love you, but I don't like you."