By Micah Kelber
Micah Kelber profiles a Jewish writer of video game narratives, Jeffrey Yohalem, whose “Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood,” has sold more than 7.2 million copies.
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By Micah Kelber
Moore’s bold writing shows that she isn’t afraid of very much. Her style includes the kind of things that other less courageous authors shy away from: playing with words, using exclamation points, combining sadness with silliness, mixing jadedness and profundity, hammering the truth of despair into a reader’s bones. Here she employs her subtler skills to portray an absence: a Jewish mother who fades from sight but pervades the themes of the book.
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By Micah Kelber
Last August a gunman entered the Aguda building in Tel Aviv and opened fire on the crowd at Bar Noar, a safe space for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth. He killed two and wounded a number of others before escaping without trace or identification.
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By Micah Kelber
The hip-hop bravado of Soulico, the Israeli DJ collective, comes with an undercurrent of adorable self-consciousness. Although the members are veterans of the business, they seem surprised by their breakthrough with an album and an American tour. Their affect is an excited, “Can you believe it?” Because of the vibrant complexity they create, you shouldn’t be surprised by feelings of happy mindlessness on the dance floor. But if you do decide to pay attention, the album lends itself to bigger ideas and more important questions.
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By Micah Kelber
A young rabbi explains why he no longer teaches about the concept of bashert, or the divine determination of the one person whom we are to marry.
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