Jazz aficionados have held pianist Fred Hersch in high esteem for many years. His 2014 trio album, Floating, received overwhelming...
The Ambassador, by Yehuda Avner and Matt Rees, Toby Press, 339 pages, $29.95 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER One of Jewish...
The Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival will host its 2015 Line-Up Reveal Party 6 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24...
The Minneapolis/St. Paul chapter of HaZamir: The International Jewish High School Choir, conducted by Cantor Audrey Abrams, will begin its...
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Julius Rosenwald’s philanthropy supported African American schools and artists By MICHAEL FOX The recent history between Jews and African Americans,...
A new adaptation of a Holocaust cabaret, written by Jewish prisoners at Terezín, explores what laughter means to us today...
Israeli singer Ester Rada will unveil her unique musical brew at the Cedar By MORDECAI SPECKTOR On her 2014 eponymous...
Rywka’s Diary: The Writings of a Jewish Girl from the Lodz Ghetto, edited by Anita Friedman, Harper, 240 pages, $35...
The Old City of Jerusalem, Its Stones and Its People, an exhibit of photography by Alex Lupu, is on display...
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