Nate Lavey

That time the Paris Mosque helped Jews escape the Nazis by giving them Muslim IDs

messynessychic.com — Here's one they left out of the history textbooks. A recent French film, Free Men, brought to light the remarkable true history of how Muslims gave sanctuary to French Jews in Nazi-occupied Paris during Second World War. An untold "Oscar Schindler" story, the film is inspired by actual events and in this case, our 'Schindler' is Si [...]

A New Stage | A New Home

vimeo.com — Judith Malina is one of many Jewish show-biz types at the Lillian Booth Actors' Home. Even at 86, the avant garde queen still commands the stage of life. http://forward.com/articles/176681/judith-malina-joins-jewish-show-business-stars-in/

The Cartography of Bullshit

africasacountry.com — With the gutting of foreign coverage by most U.S. newspapers and the need to populate infinite Web space with content, a new creature has emerged: the foreign affairs blogger. Max Fisher, who hosts the Washington Post's WorldViews page, is a leading exemplar of the species.