Eric George Tauber

  By Eric George Tauber If the Grinch had stolen Chanukah, Only a handful of whos would’ve noticed. In the midst of the the Whoville mish-mosh Were there Jew-Whos making a minyan For a kosher Beis Midrash? With no candles lit, would they have still said their brochos, Or shlumped in despair sitting down on

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — How far can you run from yourself? Playwright Ayad Akhtar gives us Amir, a man born in America to Pakistani Muslim parents. But he describes his heritage as “Indian” because Americans find it less threatening. Amir calls the Koran “one long hate-mail to humanity.” He felt that he

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — “Truth’s a game. It’s the lies that are deadly serious.” Imagine that your country is invaded and your king takes refuge in your house. The invading soldiers knock on your door and ask if you know the whereabouts of your king. You must now choose between your duty

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — After my review of October Sky posted, I received an angry email from Homer Hickam, the main character on whose memoir October Sky is based. After signing over the rights to his story and characters to Universal Studios, he is suing them for the “creative liberties” they have