Arts
Rimon’s P’Chotchka is Monday
Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council will present its popular P’Chotchka event, a fast-paced evening of art, film and performance,...
Oded Lev-Ari debuts as leader
Oded Lev-Ari has produced albums for acclaimed jazz musicians (Anat Cohen, 3 Cohens, Marty Ehrlich, Amy Cervini, et al.), and...
The youngest Shoah survivors
Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance and Hope, by Wendy Holden, Harper, 385 pages,...
Seeking justice in the face of genocide
Watchers of the Sky, available on Netflix, traces Raphael Lemkin’s quest to criminalize genocide, and the ongoing struggle for peace...
Accompanying ‘Iris’ (+ film review)
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR It’s unfortunate that it turned out this way. The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF) scheduled screenings...
Lonely hearts meet in ‘Félix and Meira’
The slow-burning and deeply empathetic drama traces the tentative friendship and romance between a frustrated Hasidic wife and mother, and...
P’Chotchka will celebrate inspiration
The June 1 event will benefit Rimon and feature eight artists talking about 18 images that inspire them By ERIN...
Saul Bellow’s nonfiction
There Is Simply Too Much to Think About: Collected Nonfiction, by Saul Bellow, edited by Benjamin Taylor, Viking, 544 pages,...
David Berkman’s new CD reunites old friends
Pianist, composer and bandleader David Berkman reunited with Palmetto Records founder Matt Balitsaris to co-produce his new album, Old Friends...
‘Kabbalah Me’ explores Jewish mysticism
In every generation there’s a spiritual revival. Many baby boomers, for example, explored Eastern traditions — yoga, Zen Buddhism, etc....
