Arts
Solving crime in Tel Aviv
A Possibility of Violence, by D.A. Mishani, 282 pages, Harper, $26.99 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER D.A. Mishani’s catchy crime novel...
Paul Shapiro gets down, up on 'Shofarot Verses'
For a good musical time, call Paul Shapiro. The saxophonist and composer brings on the Jewish soul music — from...
Marx Brothers also starred on television
“I must say I find television very educational,” said Groucho Marx, in 1950. “The minute somebody turns it on, I...
The real Anne
Anne Frank: The Biography, by Melissa Müller, Picador, 480 pages, $18 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER German author Melissa Müller set...
Menorah Plaza harbors ‘Savta Moshe’ artist
Janet Amdur, 96, began painting just five years ago, and has plans to keep improving her technique By DORIS RUBENSTEIN...
Jewish offerings add variety to Fringe Festival
The festival’s 2014 lineup offers an over-abundance of performances with Jewish connections By DORIS RUBENSTEIN The Minnesota Fringe Festival organizers...
Diaspora soul man
Trumpeter Steven Bernstein returns to Minneapolis on Aug. 6, for a show at the Dakota with Billy Martin’s Wicked Knee...
Lazar’s ‘Jewish story’ captures imagination
In one story strand of Zachary Lazar’s compelling new novel, I Pity the Poor Immigrant (Little, Brown & Co.), the...
‘We would tell what happened’
Testimony: The Legacy of Schindler’s List and the USC Shoah Foundation, text by Diana Landau and Linda Sunshine, 334 pages,...
From the Airplane to Hot Tuna
Renowned guitarist Jorma Kaukonen returns to Minneapolis with his Hot Tuna mates for two nights this month By MORDECAI SPECKTOR...
