Arts
Uri Gurvich blends global musical roots on 'BabEl'
The evocative melody played on oud (Middle Eastern lute) that kicks off “Pyramid,” the first track on Uri Gurvich’s sensational...
'Fill the Void' from Israel opens June 14
In her debut film, Rama Burshtein portrays her community of observant Jews, ‘trying to say something from within’ By MICHAEL...
A Shoah memoir of courage, perseverance
Sky Tinged Red, by Isaia Eiger, translated by Dora Eiger Zaidenweber, Beaver’s Pond Press, 415 pages, $19.95 Reviewed by NEAL...
Film asks: What’s the matter with Texas?
If certain evangelical Christian members of the Texas State Board of Education had their druthers, school kids in the Lone...
P’Chotchka offers sampling of homegrown art
Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council will present P’Chotchka, a fast-paced evening of art, film and performance, 6 p.m. Monday,...
'Deceptive Practice': Ricky Jay's inimitable magic act
Renowned magician Ricky Jay is also a historian of magic — and an actor featured in the films of David...
A mensch among Jewish gangsters
Augie’s Secrets: The Minneapolis Mob and the King of the Hennepin Strip, by Neal Karlen, Minnesota Historical Society, 232 pages,...
Israeli crime fiction comes of age
The Missing File, by D.A. Mishani, HarperCollins, 290 pages, $25.99 Reviewed by DR. MORTON I. TEICHER In the days after...
Idan Raichel taps top talent for new album
When the AJW talked with Israeli superstar Idan Raichel last year, ahead of his gig at the Dakota Jazz Club,...
Showcasing early Jewish life
Exhibit of early photographs from Russia depict Jewish life — both in the shtetl and in the urban sophistication of...
