Arts
Jerry Leiber, renowned rock ‘n’ roll lyricist, dies
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Jerry Leiber provided the lyrics and his partner, Mike Stoller, wrote the music for a slew of...
'The Names of Love': Full frontal comedy, politics
Sensational performance by Sara Forestier, as leftist libertine, buoys zany French sex comedy (Editor's note: Because of incorrect information provided...
Lerner publishes books for older children
New fall titles introduce a famous mime, an ‘escape artist’ and environmentally friendly Bible stories By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN /...
Hare to a fortune
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Odds are the Ephrussi — to use the author’s charming plural — were the richest Jewish...
Art exhibit reflects on vanished Jewish world
The St. Paul JCC will feature two exhibits by artist Susan Weinberg, A Hole in Time and The Silence Speaks...
Jerome Liebling, renowned photographer who taught at University of Minnesota, dies
Famed and influential photographer Jerome Liebling came to the University of Minnesota as a professor in 1949, and established the...
Peter Himmelman, Ben Sidran on the bandstand
Dakota Jazz Club will feature renowned Jewish musicians on two successive nights in August By MORDECAI SPECKTOR The Dakota Jazz...
Jazz and klezmer merge on 'Azoy Tsu Tsveyt'
Joel Rubin listened to and learned from aging klezmorim Sid Beckerman and Max Epstein, on his road to clarinet virtuosity....
By the shores of Gichigamiwininiwag
The Long-Shining Waters, by Danielle Sosin, Milkweed Editions, 320 pages, $24. Reviewed by LISA WALKER Danielle Sosin’s first novel, which...
Before the Big Leagues were integrated
Jewish sports entrepreneurs and black baseball players forged unusual relationships in the early part of the 20th century Reviewed by...
