Cathy Ladman returns to Minn. for New Year’s Eve shows
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR When we last talked, in December 2010, Cathy Ladman was living in south Minneapolis. She had some ...
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Editorial: Newtown massacre raises troubling questions
The day before the Jewish World went to press this week, the family of Noah Pozner buried their son and ...
Federal court hearing turns Talmudic
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR During a St. Paul federal court hearing last Friday, on a motion to dismiss the lawsuit alleging ...
Editorial: Hanuka and not the end of the world
As we go to press this week, with a special edition celebrating the post-biblical, minor holiday of Hanuka, something is ...
Andy Statman: Ascending on the wings of music
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Andy Statman, a musician’s musician, who has played with everyone from Bob Dylan to Itzhak Perlman, returns ...
Editorial: Israel and Hamas bring the pain
Israel is at war with Hamas, again. You can spend all day reading news reports and commentaries — and wind ...
A more intimate clarinet festival
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen reports that she was spared the calamitous effects of Hurricane Sandy. “We’re some ...
Kafkaesque stories from Israel
Acclaimed Israeli author and filmmaker Etgar Keret will speak Nov. 14 at the Sabes JCC By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Israeli author ...
Editorial: Troubling news from Israel
As the American Jewish World goes to press this week, the results of the 2012 elections are unknown. Nate Silver’s ...
A poet from the Jewish state
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Israeli singer-songwriter David Broza has not played the Twin Cities in nearly 10 years. His last show ...
