Arts
Orthodox and born to dance
Drawing on African and African-American cultures, 'The Good Dance' makes room for a little Jewish dancer Anna Schon explodes with...
When type became bullets
Robyn Stoller Awend’s exhibition of letterpress prints is inspired by renowned Yiddish poet Abraham Sutzkever By MORDECAI SPECKTOR A Yiddish...
Iconic photo of boy in Warsaw Ghetto inspires painter Samuel Bak
Samuel Bak’s first art exhibit took place in the Vilna Ghetto in 1942, when he was just nine years old....
Danish Resistance heroes come out with guns blazing in ‘Flame and Citron’
Thure Lindhardt (left) is Flame and Mads Mikkelsen is Citron, in Ole Christian Madsen’s Flame and Citron. (Photo: Nimbus Rights...
Story of Jews and France is ‘a love affair gone sour’
A photo of a Jewish family from Istanbul living in France in 1920 appears in director Yves Jeuland’s compelling documentary, Being...
Reunion long overdue for two ‘Ritchie Boys’
Dr. Guy Stern and St. Paul’s Walter Schwarz will be reunited after 65 years for local screening of The Ritchie...
Critic: ‘A Serious Man’ seriously underachieves in Jewish authenticity, box office receipts
Writing in Haaretz, Uzi Silber says that the new Coen brothers film is tone deaf in the Jewish department, and...
MIA acquires 'Eons of Exodus,' a new seder plate by California artist
The work of California-based artist Harriete Estel Berman features feminist, environmental and religious themes, often in the same piece. This...
In the beginning were Hebrew letters
Joe Vass employs the letters of the Hebrew alphabet for his new musical show at the St. Paul JCC By...
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...
