Arts
A look at bygone schmatta business
HBO film about New York’s garment district premieres Oct. 19 By CURT SCHLEIER Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags Again...
Neal Karlen pounces on the Coen brothers, and they have a friendly chat
Local journalist and author Neal Karlen writes in the Washinton Post about the mysteriously fertile ground of St. Louis Park...
As American as Moses
(Editor's note: Many AJW readers were surprised to see Ruth F. Brin's book review on the front page of the...
A dance to longing
Stuart Pimsler conceived and directed, with Suzanne Costello, "Tales from the Book of Longing." (Photo: V. Paul Virtucio) Stuart Pimsler...
'Punching the Clown' mines folksingers' misfortune and misadventures for laughs
Henry Phillips walks onstage in a scene from Gregori Viens new film "Punching the Clown." (Photo: Viens Films, LLC) In...
Film to highlight two of the Righteous Among the Nations
Journey to Freedom will be screened on Oct. 9 Until 2006, only one American, Varian Fry, had ever been named...
The way we were Midwest Jews
A Serious Man brings the renowned Coen brothers back to their peculiar Jewish milieu of St. Louis Park By MORDECAI...
Review: 'A Serious Man' unspools funny and foreboding bubbe meises
Amy Landecker stars as Mrs. Samsky, shown here with Michael Stuhlbarg, who plays protagonist Larry Gopnik, in writer/directors Joel and...
Have a little faith
Best-selling author Mitch Albom will talk about his new book on Oct. 18 at Temple Israel By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN...
Eric Heuvel's graphic novel explores Dutch family's secret from the Nazi occupation
Eric Heuvel is one of the top graphic artists in the Netherlands, and concentrates on writing and illustrating educational graphic...
