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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Berlin today
The “Jewish Memorial Sculpture” was created by Will Lammert just prior to his death in 1957. Incomplete, the group of ...
Gehry’s masterpieces
A general view from Main Street of the three components of the Chiat/Day complex, Venice, Calif., including what’s known as ...
Harpsichordist Richard Siegel shares his music with the world
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Most people don’t think of the harpsichord as a very Jewish instrument, but the revival of the ...
A prized Marc Chagall painting was stolen in the ’90s. It has resurfaced at an Israeli auction.
By KAREN CHERNICK TEL AVIV (JTA) — “Where’s the Chagall?” asked a visitor to this city’s Gordon Gallery on a ...
Three Russian-born Jewish geniuses
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN About the only good thing to be said for Jewish life in the Pale of Settlement under ...
A famed French-Jewish philosopher is afraid to leave his home
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ PARIS (JTA) — As a French celebrity philosopher, Alain Finkielkraut belongs to a tiny group of VIPs who ...
Notre-Dame will be rebuilt — but most European Jewish sites never will be
By RUTH ELLEN GRUBER BUDAPEST (JTA) – Architecture and built heritage can be powerful symbols. Notre-Dame de Paris is one of ...
A rabbi’s 80th birthday
Rabbi Avraham Ettedgui, of Sharei Chesed Congregation, has built a legacy of spiritual leadership and Jewish education By ROBIN DOROSHOW ...
Editorial: A rising tide of bigotry
Asma Jama, a 38-year-old Minneapolis resident, was dining with cousins and young nieces in a Coon Rapids Applebee’s on Oct. ...
