Arts
'The Chanukkah Guest' is MJTC’s holiday offering
Playwright Jenna Zark has incorporated several opportunities for audience participation in the show’s 50 minutes to engage young children By...
We have a winner!
The winner of the 23rd annual American Jewish World Hanuka Cover Contest is Yonah Davis, who is in the 8th...
David Ben-Gurion was no democrat
Ben-Gurion: Father of Modern Israel, by Anita Shapira, Yale, 288 pages, $25 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER “David Ben-Gurion’s greatest years...
Israeli geek makes good
Yoni Bloch is a well-known Israeli musician, and he’s also making it big in interactive digital technology By MORDECAI SPECKTOR...
Dylan’s ‘Basement Tapes’ available as two-disc set
Bob Dylan’s music made headlines earlier this month when Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings released The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series...
Dinkytown’s magic moment
Bill Savran is promoting his photos from Dinkytown and the historic preservation movement By MORDECAI SPECKTOR The “Dinkytown Reunion,” a...
Thoughts on today’s rabbinic leaders
Keeping Faith in Rabbis: A Community Conversation on Rabbinical Education, by Rabbi Hayim Herring and Ellie Roscher, Avenida, 249 pages,...
Win tickets to see Yemen Blues!
Win a free pair of tickets to see global music sensation Yemen Blues, Thursday, Nov. 20 at the Cedar Cultural...
Ayelet Rose Gottlieb gives voice to poems
Jerusalem-born composer and singer Ayelet Rose Gottlieb worked for more than two years on the songs that make up her...
‘Jonah, here I am’
The Book of Jonah, by Joshua Max Feldman, Henry Holt, 336 pages, $28 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER The swift, improbable...
