Ben Sidran tours the Midwest, again
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR On the phone this week from his home in Madison, Wisc., Ben Sidran discussed some of his ...
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Howie Stillman’s lasting legacy
By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community News Editor In the summer of 1986, a 23-year-old college student named Howie Stillman ...
A hipster comes to town
Ben Sidran returns to Minneapolis on Aug. 29, for his annual gig at the Dakota Jazz Club By MORDECAI SPECKTOR ...
Ben Sidran considers the ‘hip experience’
In the liner notes for his new album, Don’t Cry for No Hipster (Nardis), Ben Sidran ruminates on the hipster, ...
Editorial: Let’s make the poor pay
Execute true justice; deal kindly and compassionately with one another. Do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the stranger, and ...
Editorial: Gophers and Badgers
The showdown between Wisconsin public employees and Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-controlled Legislature is in its third week. Rather ...
Twin Cities rabbi among Jews supporting union rights of Wisconsin public employees
Mayim Rabim’s Rabbi Renee Bauer, director of the Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice, objects to Gov. Scott Walker’s Senate Bill ...
Jews at the Rose Bowl
Dozens of Jewish students at Texas Christian University will be cheering for their team on New Year’s Day as they ...
Dylan trivia winners announced!
Congratulations to Lois Dobrin and Danny Hechter! Both correctly answered our Bob Dylan trivia question and will win copies of ...
