Ben Sidran’s Dylan tunes are arranged differently
Madison, Wisc.-based jazz pianist and composer Ben Sidran has recorded an album of Dylan covers. Dylan Different (Nardis Music) includes ...
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Goldstone’s report and Israel’s culpability
After Operation Cast Lead, Israel’s war in Gaza, Hamas has emerged as a more potent threat By MOSHE GIT Earlier ...
A treasury of Judaism and sports
Baseballs, Basketballs and Matzah Balls, by Mitchell Smith, Ph.D., AuthorHouse, 276 pages, $22.95 Reviewed by RABBI NORMAN M. COHEN If ...
Right-wing incitement
It’s getting strange out there. Opponents of the Obama administration continue to rally, at the Capitol and in the hinterlands, ...
Vampires, Jews and the blood libel
The pop-culture mania for vampire stories meets the Holocaust in Sarah Jane Stratford’s debut novel, The Midnight Guardian, according to Marc Tracy's ...
'The Messenger' — Israeli director dramatizes heartbreak of fallen soldiers' families
Israeli director Oren Moverman, in his directorial debut, elicits powerful, affecting performances from the stars of The Messenger, a film ...
JTA: Woman wearing tallit arrested at Western Wall
Jerusalem police arrested a woman praying at the Western Wall for wearing a tallit, according to JTA. The woman, who ...
Kids, enter the 18th annual AJW Hanuka Cover Contest!
If you're a young artist in grades 1-8 (or a parent or grandparent of a budding artist), check out the ...
Dylan trivia winners announced!
Congratulations to Lois Dobrin and Danny Hechter! Both correctly answered our Bob Dylan trivia question and will win copies of ...
White House 'dismayed' by Israel's planned expansion of neighborhood in East Jerusalem
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs issued a statement on Tuesday expressing official disapproval of plans to build 900 additional units ...
