Dan Friedman

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From Leeds he/him. Drinks whisky. Reads books. Writes culture. At times funny. @danfriedmanme on platforms Ebook https://t.co/8arAI7eeJq

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In a time of darkness and trauma in Israel, a profound new film offers a dose of 'Bliss'

3 days ago | forward.com | Dan Friedman

Near the end of Shemi Zarhin's latest movie, Efi (Asi Levi) is onstage at the community center where she teaches music. She is introducing her adult students' Hanukkah concert when, still in full control of her faculties, she finds herself suddenly and inexplicably, incapable of finishing her sentence explaining what motivates her - or anyone. "We all put in the work because..." she starts off confidently, before tailing off.
Book and Film Globe

2 weeks ago | bookandfilmglobe.com | Sharyn Vane |Dan Friedman

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Book and Film Globe

2 weeks ago | bookandfilmglobe.com | Dan Friedman

It takes a certain type of bravery, or perhaps just courage of your convictions, to save a prized piece of historical research until the final reveal of a novel. Perhaps when it’s your fourth novel, though, you have a little bit more confidence. And indeed, in Esperance, Adam Oyebanji does manage to keep the suspense intact and the information compelling. Oyebanji’s 2022 Braking Day took place on generation ships that take centuries to fly across the galaxy.
Book and Film Globe

2 weeks ago | bookandfilmglobe.com | Dan Friedman

Adam Oyebanji mixes sci-fi and mystery in his new novel
A Case Against Generational Theory

1 month ago | higheredjobs.com | Dan Friedman

In our efforts to better understand people -- especially students -- it's natural for scholars and practitioners to turn to theory. Theory helps us find patterns, make predictions, and give meaning to what we observe. As we note in our book, "From Educational Experiment to Standard Bearer," it is important to design our courses and programs for the students we have, rather than those we think we have or those we desire.
Our preeminent historian of the Jews is finally ready to confront Auschwitz

1 month ago | forward.com | Dan Friedman

One road to Auschwitz ran through a small garage in Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania. In June, 1941, local nationalists surrounded and murdered about 50 Jewish men and left their bodies out in the street while crowds watched. Lithuanian nationalists, meaning people we might today call "extremists," deliberately came to beat their neighbors to death with iron crowbars.
Our preeminent historian of the Jews is finally ready to confront Auschwitz

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Dan Friedman

The Blogs: When God Was Silent: Yom HaShoah and October 7thYom HaShoah, which falls this Thursday, is not merely a date on the Jewish calendar. It is a sacred rupture in time—a moment when the collective soul …
The golden age for American Jews is over

2 months ago | forward.com | Dan Friedman

Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, MailerBy David DenbyHenry Holt, 40o pages, $32When Lytton Strachey wrote his Eminent Victorians in 1918, the Victorian period was clearly finished. Queen Victoria herself had died in 1901 and when one looked back at her reign from beyond World War I's killing fields of Ypres and the Somme, the distinguishing features of the 19th century already felt like history. The four folks he wrote about were long dead. The era was gone.
John Scalzi Misses His Moon Shot

2 months ago | bookandfilmglobe.com | Dan Friedman

A bestselling New York Times novelist, John Scalzi specializes in taking weird conceits and putting them at the heart of SF novels: space armies staffed by the geriatric? Old Man’s War series, check; dinosaur preservation in an alt-Earth? The Kaiju Preservation Society, check; underworld business conspiracy run by cats? Starter Villain, check. But Scalzi has taken it a step further with his new novel, When The Moon Hits Your Eye.
When The Moon Hits Your Eye

2 months ago | bookandfilmglobe.com | Dan Friedman

With ‘When The Moon Hits Your Eye,’ the bestselling writer has finally become a little too cheesy