Arts
Rabbi vs. congregants
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER You think you have tsuris? Rabbi Adinah Feld has just returned from three weeks in Israel...
Ari Hoptman wonders why words are what they are
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Why has Ari Hoptman chosen Is That Why? as the title for his one-man show at this...
Reflections on Gaza in ruins
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Some Israelis might say nothing has gone wrong. But the premise of Omer Bartov’s book is...
Tali Weinberg’s artworks stretch the definition of marine art
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Winona is a lovely Mississippi River town. Apart from the scenery, for many years there really wasn’t...
A journey through American culture
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Joyride is a perfect title for writer Susan Orlean’s new book. Not only has her life...
Save the loons
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Anyone who’s spent a full summer at a lake cabin knows the type: the guy who’s lived...
When Hollywood tycoons took on Hitler’s helpers
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER A world war and three generations later, the idea that the United States could become a...
Musical instruments that survived the Shoah
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Minnesota was the focus of global press attention earlier this year due to the activities of Operation...
‘Little Wars’ looks to the past to explain our present
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN What would you expect of four smart Jewish women getting together informally at a lake home up...
These Jews were not toying around
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Maybe I’m the only adult who didn’t know that Jews created and dominated the U.S. toy...
