Richard Bernstein tackles difficult topics in his short study of an extraordinary entertainer, Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson in ...

Upon receiving a copy of Richard Bernstein’s “Only in America: Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer,” I thought: He wouldn’t say ...

In this sequel to "The Jolson Story", we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement. However, his wife has left him and the appeal of the ...