Arts
Meet the Jews of Art-A-Whirl
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Jewish participation continues to be strong this year in Art-A-Whirl, the annual art crawl hosted by the...
2019 Keren Or winners in poetry, prose and photography
Keren Or (Ray of Light) is a creative arts contest for Minnesota's Jewish teens. The contest, now in its 15th...
Here’s the Jewish angle on MSPIFF
AJW Staff Report The much-anticipated Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF) is underway, running through April 20, with more...
‘Shul’ offers multiple debuts at MJTC
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Shul may be the final production of the Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company’s 2018-19 season, but it is...
Be a mensch
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Joshua Hammerman wants to amplify the importance of being a mensch in a world with a...
Or Emet will host artist Susan Armington
"Geography of Home," by Susan Armington, is a 6-foot by 9-foot map painting of the Twin Cities made out of...
Yippee ki-yay oy vey!
By LINDA BUCHWALD (JTA) — Bluegrass music, barbecue, rodeo, motorcycle clubs, fireworks: five things one doesn’t normally expect to intersect...
When Harpo and Dali wrote a film
From the Strange but True Department: Harpo Marx, the silent member of the Marx Brothers, and surrealist painter Salvador Dali...
The tracks we leave
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Has anyone close to you ever died? How did you react? Relief? Pain? Gratitude? Do you remember...
A mourner’s tale
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER How much repentance is enough, and how does one compensate when profits from dishonesty were used...
