Arts
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...
A joyous Jewish song (+ video trailer)
Love it or hate it, you can’t avoid ‘Hava Nagila,’ part of the soundtrack of our Jewish lives By MORDECAI...
A focus on contemporary Indian struggles
Dick Bancroft began photographing American Indians in 1971, and became one of the key visual documentarians of the American Indian...
Skirball mounts first Gary Baseman show
Gary Baseman’s whimsical works have spanned fine and commercial arts, toy and game designs, a TV series, a feature film,...
The surprise of growing old
Being Esther: A Novel, by Miriam Karmel, Milkweed Editions, 187 pages, $22 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER A bittersweet joy, the...
Documentary chronicles photograher Bert Stern's illustrious career
Photographer Bert Stern was a seminal figure in the "Golden Age of Advertising." Starting as a mail room boy at...
Documentary blows a kiss to Roth at 80
The award-winning American author aims to polish his legacy, while sidestepping a critical examination of his work By MICHAEL FOX...
The story of one family’s underground survival
No Place on Earth chronicles the remarkable story of the Stermer family and how they survived the Holocaust by hiding...
Maccabeats to perform May 5
The Yeshiva University a capella group will make its first appearance in Minnesota By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community News...
