Arts
Debbie Friedman sings the Shacharit service in new CD
St. Paul native Debbie Friedman has put her stamp on Jewish music, with her melodies for Mi Shebeirach (the prayer...
Bearing witness to a soldier’s sacrifice
HBO producer Ross Katz initially resisted a story by a retired Marine, then felt called to bring it to the public...
Rutu Modan's new toons draw in the adult reader
In a follow-up to her captivating graphic novel Exit Wounds (10.31.08 AJW), Israeli cartoonist Rutu Modan returns with Jamilti and...
Jewish film festival to kick off March 5
By LEORA MACCABEE From March 5-15, the Sabes Foundation Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival, a celebration of Jewish life, politics, culture,...
Tim Sparks, Tom Lieberman will reunite for Feb. 7 coffeehouse concert at Beth El
Guitar virtuoso Tim Sparks will perform tunes by klezmer legend Naftule Brandwein at the Feb. 7 show. By MORDECAI SPECKTOR...
Harvey Pekar’s mundane tales appear in new collection
Harvey Pekar, the beloved Jewish curmudgeon from Cleveland, attained some renown with appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman...
Yad Vashem offers virtual tour of 'My Homeland' exhibition on the Web
Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem, has put its exhibition My Homeland — Holocaust Survivors in...
No war no more
As a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, Ari Folman arrived at the Beirut airport during Israel’s 1982 Lebanon War....
Klez Dispensers swing and sing on new album
Klezmer aficionados in the New York City area know from the Klez Dispensers. However, the jazzy klezmorim don't get to...
An impulse to resist
'Defiance' director Ed Zwick chronicles Nazi resistance in the woods of Belarus By CURT SCHLEIER They came to the Museum...
