Author: Nora Lee Mandel

Does Leonard Cohen Embody Jewish Men’s Fantasy Fulfillment? An Exhibition and Documentary Film Provide Clues

Nora Lee Mandel

Leonard Cohen, like so many male artists of his and previous generations, fit a pattern of an archetypal Jewish men’s fantasy fulfillment.

Barbara Rubin, Who Influenced Dylan, Ginsberg and Lou Reed, Gets Her Due

Nora Lee Mandel

Jewish filmmaker and feminist Barbara Rudin took on the male-dominated art scene of the 1960’s through an unapologetic focus on female eroticism and a talent for artistic matchmaking.

What Two Frank New Documentaries Tell You About Women’s Lives

Nora Lee Mandel

Two Jewish women artists premiere their latest and deepest plumbing of private lives: Natalie Bookchin with “Long Story Short” and Beth B with “Call Her Applebroog,” a bio-doc of her mother Ida.