Miriam Rinn

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Dec 8, 2019, 10:46 PM

CultureJew: Our Boys, the Irishman, the Crown and More

I’m bingeing the new season of “The Crown” from Netflix and enjoying it as much as the first two, despite Olivia Colman’s dour portrayal of the queen. What happened to the eager and fresh young Elizabeth? Gone with the...

Oct 20, 2019, 11:36 PM

CultureJew: The Spy, Succession, Roy Cohn, & Lots More

I started writing this the day after the finale to HBO’s second season of “Succession” ended with a great turnaround. Not a total surprise but deeply satisfying. “Succession” is a show loosely modeled on the Rupert Murdock clan and...

Aug 25, 2019, 10:59 PM

CultureJew: Yiddish Fiddler, Tarantino, and Lots of TV

I finally saw the Yiddish version of “Fiddler on the Roof” and enjoyed it so much. Someone had the inspired idea to do a Yiddish production of this show; the source material is Sholem Aleichem’s stories about Tevye, so...

Jun 14, 2019, 12:21 AM

CultureJew: GOT, Deadwood, Happy!, Dead to Me and More

Has anyone been watching the nutty Syfy series “Happy!”? It’s almost impossible to summarize this show, but I’ll try: Christopher Meloni plays disgraced detective Nick Sax, a drunk and druggie who moonlights as a hit man. After a heart...

Apr 18, 2019, 8:58 PM

CultureJew: A Holocaust Play and a Rant

The tag line for the new Holocaust play “Vilna,” currently at Theatre at St. Clement’s on West 46th Street, is “If God created monsters, He also created heroes.” The heroes playwright Ira Fuchs refers to are two historical figures, Motke...

Mar 7, 2019, 11:38 PM

CultureJew: 2 Foreign Films, 1 Israeli Series, & Oscar Recap

Two films I saw a long time ago at press screenings have finally arrived in theaters, and they are both worth watching. Loosely based on the life of German painter Gerhard Richter, “Never Look Away” follows a boy from...

Jan 24, 2019, 11:42 PM

CultureJew: Five Movies to Put on Your List

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become a secular saint for a large portion of the American public. We pray for her continued survival and wish her only the best. Just hang on, Ruth, we plead. Just another two years. First...

Dec 11, 2018, 6:15 PM

CultureJew: Josh Cohen and Torch Song on Stage

Two Bergen County-raised theater makers have created a sweet and winning musical comedy currently at the Westside Theatre on 43rd Street. “The Other Josh Cohen” tells the tale of a lovable schnook who just can’t get a break, until...

Oct 28, 2018, 6:50 PM

CultureJew: What Can Save Us Now?

It’s hard to think straight today, the morning after the murder in Pittsburgh. It feels as if the world is coming undone, as if Yeats’ “blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere/the ceremony of innocence is drowned.” But the fact...

Sep 16, 2018, 11:32 PM

CultureJew: From Irving Berlin to the Murdoch Clan

“Science Fair” was the audience favorite at Sundance and SXSW and it’s not hard to see why. It’s the most enjoyable movie I’ve seen in a long time. About a bunch of super nerdy kids who are competing in...

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About Me

Miriam Rinn is currently a freelance writer based in NJ, where she has lived for several decades. She worked as a children's book editor, a freelance writer and editor, and a communications manager for a nonprofit organization. She is the author of the children's novel "The Saturday Secret," which was recently selected by PJ Our Way. She has two married sons and four granddaughters.