Veteran concertmaster and soloist will perform with his ensemble at Beth El Synagogue

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR

In the latest chapter of his peripatetic musical career, Adam Han-Gorski is back home in Minnesota.
The classical violinist was born in Lvov, Ukraine, in 1940, and had a childhood marred by World War II. His mother, a concert pianist, [...]

Jazz trumpeter Randy Brecker began his amazing journey to Tykocin, Poland, in 1994, when he met Wlodek Pawlik, an acclaimed Polish pianist. In 2005, Brecker’s brother, Michael, a jazz saxophonist and his longtime musical partner, was diagnosed with leukemia. Pawlik helped in the search for a stem cell donor, which took the Breckers to their [...]

AJW Staff Report

Dr. Robert O. Fisch, a retired University of Minnesota pediatrician, award-winning author, artist and Shoah survivor, has penned a new book of inspirational stories titled Fisch Stories: Reflections on Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. The book is a collection of more than 60 vignettes about Fisch’s childhood in Hungary, his experience during [...]

This year marks the centennial of Degania, Israel’s first kibbutz
By NOGA SHAVIT
I am what you may call an “urban girl.” Nature is not really my thing, and nothing makes me happier than the feel of a city, with its boulevards, cafés, and the pleasant sounds of people and cars running around.
Still, kibbutzim were always a [...]

In the Feb. 1, 2008, edition of the American Jewish World, I wrote about a teleconference with then-Sen. Barack Obama, who was running for the Democratic presidential nomination. The candidate participated in a teleconference with Jewish newspaper editors, just before appearing on a stage at American University in Washington, D.C., where he received the coveted [...]