He’s ‘The Pitbull of Comedy’
Journeyman comic Bobby Slayton returns to the Twin Cities for three nights, including a Valentine’s Day show By MORDECAI SPECKTOR ...
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How marvelous to be British
Their Promised Land: My Grandparents in Love and War, by Ian Buruma, Penguin Press, 305 pages, $26.95 Reviewed by NEAL ...
Sam Sadigursky takes up the ‘stick’
Sam Sadigursky’s father, a classically trained clarinetist and accordionist from the former Soviet Union, dreamed of someday playing jazz clarinet. ...
Two days of terror in Israel
Dafna Meir, a mother of six, was killed at her home on Sunday, while a pregnant woman, Michal Froman, was ...
‘7 Psalms’ to be performed Saturday
Jeremy Walker, artistic director of the Minnesota Orchestra’s Jazz in the Target Atrium series, will perform 7 Psalms, his new ...
South Dakota Chorale to perform lost works from the Holocaust
The South Dakota Chorale will perform two lost masses for choir and organ by Austrian Jewish composer Marcel Tyberg 7:30 ...
Not so kosher
A live taping of the unpredictable Not So Kosher podcast will take place Jan. 26 at the St. Paul JCC ...
A year later, remembering a parent’s last days
Saying goodbye to Grapo was a painful end for those who loved him By LAURIE KRAMER My father — called ...
A Jew’s life without children
The Pater: My Father, My Judaism, My Childlessness, by Elliot Jager, Toby Press, 189 pages, $24.95 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER ...
Zusha sings on Hasidic Soul tip
The first full-length album by Zusha, a group in the Hasidic Soul genre, is titled Kavana. As the group’s publicity ...
