Arts
Isaac Sidel makes a final appearance in Jerome Charyn’s ‘Winter Warning’
Prolific author Jerome Charyn wraps up his Isaac Sidel mystery series with Winter Warning (Pegasus Crime), a noir thriller...
Lorde cancels her concert in Israel
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN (JTA) — Pop star Lorde’s decision to cancel her scheduled concert in Israel has sparked some fierce...
The Late Set album evokes another era
For their album The Late Set (Anzic Records), vocalist Hilary Gardner and Israeli native Ehud Asherie on piano combine their...
Strange byways in the Yiddish press
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Eddy Portnoy’s charming collection of strange Jewish news stories begins by describing an all-but-vanished press that...
Reform movement is alive with the sound of music
Peeking in to the the Reform Movement's first-ever music lab at the biennial convention By PENNY SCHWARTZ BOSTON (JTA) —...
Mark Mazower: When Zionism was seen as a dangerous fantasy
What You Did Not Tell: A Russian Past and the Journey Home, by Mark Mazower, Other Press, 381 pages, $25.95...
Fred Hersch writes an exemplary memoir
Fred Hersch, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, was a rising star in the jazz world, when he nearly lost his...
AJW Hanuka Cover Contest Winner: Chana Goldberg
We are proud to announce that Chana Goldberg is the winner of this year’s Hanuka Cover Contest. And as it...
Eshkol Nevo: Tel Aviv, floor by floor
Three Floors Up, by Eshkol Nevo, Other Press, 283 pages, $16.95 trade paperback Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Recognizable characters and...
Secret Hanuka: Festival of Lights onscreen
By MAX SPARBER Community News Editor A Vox article from last year asked why there are so few Hanuka movies,...
