Arts
Marc Ribot and guests sing ‘Songs of Resistance’
Marc Ribot has established himself as one of the most versatile and compelling guitarists concertizing and recording today. Ribot’s sublime...
Yuval Noah Harari: The shape of things to come
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Advances in biotechnology and artificial intelligence are propelling us to enormous social and economic upheaval, possibly...
Jorma Kaukonen looks back at his life, music
Readers of Jorma Kaukonen’s new memoir, Been So Long: My Life and Music (St. Martin’s Press), will learn that the...
Hitler’s American Friends: Swastikas carried beside American flags
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Most of us, born after 1940, know only secondhand of the wide, socially acceptable anti-Semitism in...
MJTC looks at a Jewish family in turmoil
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN With the rise of cellphones, the West Metro White Pages directory has been shrinking for years. My...
MaNishtana: A black, Orthodox rabbi’s novel addresses racism in the Jewish community
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN NEW YORK (JTA) — When Shais Rishon thinks of American Jewish literature, virtually no Jews of color...
Regina Jonas was the first woman rabbi
There is only one photo of Regina Jonas, a native of Berlin, Germany, who became the first woman rabbi. It...
TCJFF: Return of the Jewish Film Festival
AJW Staff Report It is now the 24th season of the Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival. Already a partnership between...
Shane Baker: Yiddish superstar
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor This past week was Shane Baker’s birthday, which was turned into an event by...
Tal Keinan: Creating a wisdom machine
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER If present trends continue, mainstream Jewry in America is doomed, says Tal Keinan, who’s also pessimistic...
