Arts
'House' cast (minus Dr. House) tours Israeli hospitals
By DINA KRAFT RAMAT GAN, Israel (JTA) — On television Lisa Edelstein, a star of the hit Fox show House,...
Israeli flutist to perform in Minneapolis
Israeli jazz flutist Mattan Klein will perform 9 p.m. Saturday, May 14 at the Loring Theater, 1407 Nicollet Ave. S.,...
Guitarist and composer Nadav Remez shines
It seems that there is an unending supply of stellar Israeli musicians migrating to the United States. Further evidence of...
‘If I forget you, O Jerusalem’
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER James Carroll’s new book is about two Jerusalems — one of streets and walls, one of...
Keren Ann warns of ‘Trouble’ on new disc
Dutch/Israeli chanteuse Keren Ann stocks the record store shelves with a new CD, 101 (Blue Note), which contrasts her melancholy,...
Stairway to heaven
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Heaven is a brightly written look at how Jews, Christians and Muslims think about heaven —...
2011 Mpls.-St. Paul International Film Festival includes Norman Mailer bio documentary
The April 15 print edition of the American Jewish World, our Passover special, had an article about Jewish- and Israeli-themed...
Happy Passover! Chag Pesach Kasher v'Sameach
“Family at the Seder” from The Szyk Haggadah published by Abrams © 2008 Historicana, artwork © 1940 Arthur Szyk Arthur...
Rabbi Irwin Kula is the ‘accidental playwright’
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Rabbi Irwin Kula, president of Clal–The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, thought he’d done it...
Jews and the American pop song
Pianist Les Block will present a show of music and history following Or Emet’s Humanistic Shabbat service on May 6...
