My Jewish Learning: Articles By Saul Austerlitz

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Saul Austerlitz is a writer and film critic in New York.

Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) changed the face of American poetry.
Mainstream American Jewish Literature

At mid-century, Jewish writers connected with American readers by writing about alienation.
The Marx Brothers

Three Jewish boys make their mark on comedy.
Borat in America

Sacha Baron Cohen's satirical look at the United States--and (fake) Kazakh anti-Semitism.
Cynthia Ozick

Ozick's version of Jewish literature is more than Yiddish words and slapstick.
The Three Stooges

Three Jewish boys create a cycle of timeless stupidity.
Arthur Miller: A Biography

Yiddish-speaking playwright who became America's playwright.
Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel brought the Holocaust and its survival to the American public.
Saul Bellow

The most successful Jewish American writer may be the most ambivalent as well.
Barbara Streisand's Yentl

The 1983 film is finally being released on DVD.