The tracks we leave
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Has anyone close to you ever died? How did you react? Relief? Pain? Gratitude? Do you remember...
Visual Arts
Earliest surviving photographs of Jerusalem live on
by KAREN CHERNICK (JTA) — When French architectural historian Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey left Paris in 1842, his luggage weighed...
Amos Oz, a ‘saintly intellectual’ who turned Israel’s national reality into art
by ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL (JTA) — Amos Oz would often speak in the kind of tossed-off epigrams that come only with...
MMAA finds new home in St. Paul’s Lowertown
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Like the wandering remnants of the Kingdom of Judah who finally found a home in Eretz Yisrael,...
Exhibit tells St. Paul JCC History
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN It started back in the mists of time — at least by Minnesota history standards. [caption id="attachment_29776"...
Jônatas Chimen: A hidden heritage
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor Brazilian-born artist Jônatas Chimen has a lot of story to tell, and that story...
William and Shirley Siegel Schulman: Marriage and art are a great combination
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Throughout history, there are numerous examples of outstanding artists who are married to other artists: Clara and...
Anita White makes art to heal your funnybone
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN No one wants to be in the hospital. No one wants to be so sick that they...
Scrap metal exhibit opens April 3
Peddlers to Processors: Scrap Stories from the Upper Midwest, an exhibit produced by the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper...
In a land of immigrants
AJW Staff Report In the introduction to From Selfie to Groupie, by Jeff Bliumis and Alina Bliumis, who are also...