Olivia Haynie | Authors

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Earliest item	12 Sep 2024

Forward Art theft, angels and neo-Nazis force a reckoning with the past in ‘The Tavern at the End of History’ 11 Feb

Morris Collins' novel "The Tavern at the End of History" explores the tensions between memory and morality through a story about art theft, the Holocaust, an...

11 Feb

Forward In ‘Black and Jewish America,’ Henry Louis Gates Jr explores the history of Black-Jewish partnership and conflict 2 Feb

The PBS series "Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History," narrated by Henry Louis Gates Jr., investigates the complex historical relationship between...

2 Feb

Forward He could have avoided persecution in Nazi Germany — he got bar mitzvahed instead 25 Jan

Gerd Pips Phillipsohn, born to a Jewish father and an Aryan mother in Nazi Germany, chose to embrace his Jewish identity through a bar mitzvah, despite the p...

25 Jan

Forward She thought she knew her mother. Then she learned about the concentration camp 22 Jan

Marisa Fox's journey in understanding her mother Tamar Fromer-Fox's hidden past reveals a powerful, unspoken history. Tamar, originally named Alta, concealed...

22 Jan

Forward A Jewish lawyer sued Henry Ford and changed how we think about hate speech 20 Jan

Aaron Sapiro, a Jewish lawyer and labor leader, made history by suing Henry Ford for libel in a case that became America's first modern hate speech trial. Sa...

20 Jan

Forward How the Israeli police’s first trans volunteer fought bigotry on the force 18 Jan

"The First Lady" documentary provides an intimate portrayal of Efrat Tilma, the first trans volunteer with Israel's police department. Through a mix of archi...

18 Jan

Forward How Alvin Ailey’s 'Revelations' evokes Yom Kippur for me 16 Jan

Olivia Haynie explores the parallels between Alvin Ailey's renowned dance work "Revelations" and the Jewish observance of Yom Kippur. Despite the overt Chris...

16 Jan

Forward In Jordan’s pick for the Oscars, a contradictory message about ethnonationalism 14 Jan

"All That's Left of You," Jordan's Oscar entry directed by Cherien Dabis, examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a testament of generational traum...

14 Jan

Forward What’s funny about living next to a Nazi? 2 Jan

"My Neighbor Adolf," directed by Leon Prudovsky, is an unconventional narrative set in 1960s South America, where Holocaust survivor Marek Polsky suspects hi...

2 Jan

Forward We need to talk about that honey scene in ‘Marty Supreme’ 29 Dec 2025

Josh Safdie's film "Marty Supreme" follows the journey of Marty Mauser, a Jewish table tennis player in the 1950s navigating personal and cultural challenges...

29 Dec 2025