Schlemiel Theory

When it first came out, I went with my parents to the legendary Delaware Theater (formerly the Spectrum) in Albany, New York, to see Steven Spielberg’s newest film, The Fabelmans, which takes Spielberg himself—the genealogical story of his love of film and

“It’s Funny”: Shalom Auslander, Diogenes, and the Cynical Schlemiel After the Holocaust Teaching Shalom Auslander’s Hope: A Tragedy for a course on the Holocaust was a fascinating educational exercise because I used the novel to prompt my students—and mys…

What happens to the schlemiel when the world that created him disappears?

The Three Stooges, trying to fix malfunctioning technologies.

I want to apologize to all of my subscribers for being off the blog for such a long time.

I grew up in a small town in the Adirondacks.

Al Jaffee – who was at the inception of Mad Magazine in 1952, and returned in 1964 and stayed until it folded in 2019 – died today, at the age of 102.

With the rise of anti-semitism in America – which I have experienced, personally; and see on social media, perpetually – I have been starting to think more about what it is and what we can do to – if possible – counter-act it.

One of the most notable losses to the film world of recent note was the death of Chaim Topol (four days ago).

I was born and raised in a small town in the Adirondacks called Mayfield.