Music from both sides of Jerusalem
David Broza gathered a cast of talented Israeli and Palestinian musicians, along with some special guests, to create musical magic ...
Tag: Mordecai Specktor
New box set hits high notes of Mike Bloomfield’s career
The musical career of a great Chicago bluesman is surveyed in a new package of three CDs and a DVD ...
'Bethlehem': Cops and bombers match wits
In his first feature film, director Yuval Adler creates a wrenching tale of compromised lives in Israeli-Palestinian conflict zone Reviewed ...
Editorial: Chaos in Ukraine
Many Jewish World readers are descendants of immigrants from Ukraine. Three of my four grandparents came from Ukraine — Kiev ...
'Omar': Tales from the occupation
Hany Abu-Assad vies for Oscar gold with a suspenseful story about a young Palestinian caught in a vise between Israel ...
Rise up with the Klezmatics
The well-traveled and acclaimed klezmer band returns to Minnesota for shows in Rochester and Minneapolis By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Itzhak Perlman, ...
Editorial: From Russia with hate
The big football news, post-Super Bowl, is that Missouri All-American defensive end Michael Sam is gay. "I am an openly, ...
Sharon Isbin’s hometown gig
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Growing up in St. Louis Park, Sharon Isbin had a passion for model rocketry. When the Jewish ...
Editorial: Music as a harbinger of cultural change
An epochal event in American culture will be marked in about a week: the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ appearance ...
Two Israelis plead guilty in MOA kiosk scam
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Two Israelis charged with multiple felony counts of unlawfully employing young Israelis at a Mall of America ...
