Adath Jeshurun’s ‘Jews, Food and Planet Earth’ Synaplex Shabbat will feature environmentalist Nigel Savage

When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap all the way to the edges of your field, or gather the gleanings of your harvest. You shall not pick your vineyard bare, or gather the fallen fruit of your [...]

Dr. Sabina Zimering’s story of masquerade and survival is again brought to life at History Theatre through March 21
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN
It’s always hard to do a good job when your boss is looking over your shoulder. For the actors in Hiding in the Open, which premiered Feb. 25 at the History Theatre in St. Paul, it’s [...]

In a world premiere, choreographer Stuart Pimsler adapts an evocative children’s book for the stage
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR
In the first collaboration between Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater and SteppingStone Theatre, choreographer and dancer Stuart Pimsler chose to adapt the children’s book Tales of a Gambling Grandma by Dayal Kaur Khalsa.
Pimsler says that “as a rookie father,” he [...]

The sixth annual observance of anti-Israel activism, “Israeli Apartheid Week,” is in full swing in cities across the United States and around the world. The events, which actually take place over two weeks, are intended to further the movement pressuring governments and other institutions to boycott, divest and sanction (BDS) Israel. In Minnesota, a schedule [...]

Local Jewish artist Joyce Lyon joins Elizabeth Erickson and Sandra Menefee Taylor in a new exhibit titled Gardens for Winter, which is on display through April 3 at Form + Content Gallery, 210 N. Second St., Minneapolis. An opening reception will take place 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 5. The artists’ new works, in a [...]