Arts
Mark Helprin: Paris, sentence by sentence
Paris in the Present Tense, by Mark Helprin, Overlook, 394 pages, $28.95 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Mark Helprin is a...
Melody Moezzi : The same struggle
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor The 17th Annual Twin Cities Mental Health Education Conference, Oct. 22 at Temple Israel,...
Lillian Hellman: Always new again
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor The Guthrie Theater has, either through accident or design, discovered the joys of Jewish...
Dorit Rabinyan: ‘A curse, then a blessing, then a curse’
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor Israeli author Dorit Rabinyan, who will be in Minneapolis Oct. 23, found herself in...
Barton Fink has a case of writer’s block
"I’m having a little trouble getting started,” explains Barton Fink (John Turturro) to Hollywood film studio exec Ben Geisler (Tony...
An unexpected ending from Nathan Englander
Dinner at the Center of the Earth, by Nathan Englander, Knopf, 252 pages, $26.95 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Nathan Englander...
Elijah and the Palestinians
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor Composer, designer, performer and writer Craig Harris is telling a story of Israel. Properly,...
Eli Valley draws the line on hypocrisy
Eli Valley’s biting political cartoons have appeared in The Nation, The Forward and various online venues. Now a full-blown anthology...
Peres: Optimism, not naiveté
No Room for Small Dreams: Courage, Imagination and the Making of Modern Israel, by Shimon Peres, Custom House Books, 227...
Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company’s new season
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor The Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company has announced their 2017-2018 season, which started this past...
