Tag: Mordecai Specktor

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR The Manhattan Transfer, the perdurable and still swingin’ vocal ensemble, returns for four shows, Feb. 10-11, at ...

Editorial: Trump is bad for the Jews

It’s been fascinating to watch local TV news programs examining the upsurge in violent anti-Semitic acts — most recently, attacks ...

He’s back to playing like Fred Hersch

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In his exemplary 2017 memoir, Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz, acclaimed ...

An Ordway Original smash: ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’

Reviewed by MORDECAI SPECKTOR Dubbed an "Ordway Original," Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller , a musical revue ...

Michael Feinstein makes his Dakota debut

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In his 2012 book, The Gershwins and Me: A Personal History in Twelve Songs, Michael Feinstein writes: ...

Editorial: St. Paul Jewish Federation corrects course

On June 24, I drove from my home in South Minneapolis across the river to Highland Park, the St. Paul ...

Editorial: My nephew Oliver, Jewish names and the Jews of Denmark

London’s skyline has changed dramatically over recent years; as foreign capital has poured in, glass and steel skyscrapers rise everywhere. ...

Editorial: Ofra Bloch talks about intergenerational trauma

Our family Kabbalat Shabbat tradition includes candle lighting, of course, and then wishing everyone “Shabbat Shalom.” I add, “May the ...

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