Critic: ‘A Serious Man’ seriously underachieves in Jewish authenticity, box office receipts
Writing in Haaretz, Uzi Silber says that the new Coen brothers film is tone deaf in the Jewish department, and ...
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Mets owners made $48 million with Madoff investment
Bernard Madoff (Photo: U.S. Department of Justice) The sports and financial worlds are abuzz with news that the New York ...
Rabbi intervenes on behalf of Israeli coach ejected in NY Knicks-Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv game
The New York Times sports story began: "So a basketball coach, an N.B.A. referee and a rabbi walk onto the court at ...
Missing Ruth
With psalms and prayers, the fine nets our people have woven, we will recapture our dreams. —from “Wingless,” by Ruth ...
In the beginning were Hebrew letters
Joe Vass employs the letters of the Hebrew alphabet for his new musical show at the St. Paul JCC By ...
Neal Karlen pounces on the Coen brothers, and they have a friendly chat
Local journalist and author Neal Karlen writes in the Washinton Post about the mysteriously fertile ground of St. Louis Park ...
SurPrize! President Obama wins Nobel for peace
While mulling over plans to expand the U.S. role in the Afghanistan war, President Barack Obama woke up today to ...
British Holocaust denier David Irving scheduled to speak in Minneapolis on Friday
Notorious Holocaust denier David Irving will bring his low-rent U.S. tour to Minneapolis on Friday, Oct. 9. The venue has ...
A dance to longing
Stuart Pimsler conceived and directed, with Suzanne Costello, "Tales from the Book of Longing." (Photo: V. Paul Virtucio) Stuart Pimsler ...
Ruth Brin, acclaimed poet, liturgist and American Jewish World book critic, dies at 88
Ruth F. Brin, an extraordinary member of the Minnesota Jewish community has passed away. Her writing — poetry, liturgies, essays, ...
