Arts
Onset of mental illness strains a marriage
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Bipolar disorder isn't funny — not for those afflicted by it nor for those around the...
Truth in fiction?
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Eshkol Nevo's writer protagonist has been diagnosed as suffering from dysthymia, but that feeling of chronic...
An evolution in kosher cookbooks
AJW Staff Report In explaining how to use his new cookbook, award-winning food writer Michael Aaron Gardiner points out: "My...
How the Nazis took over Germany
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Even the Nazis were surprised at how quickly and easily they took over Germany. In Hitler’s...
Stitching up the Purim story
Reviewed by LISA WALKER Growing up as a young Jewish girl in the 1970s, I looked forward to the Purim...
Couple splits in comic tale
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER It was his waking thought many mornings: “Something is wrong. There is trouble. I am in...
Jews: the eternal victims?
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER When Jews were dispersed among the nations and defenseless, they were easy to blame for their...
Jews call for Justice for George Floyd
Local artists created a beautiful and affecting mural near the spot at Chicago Avenue and 38th Street where George Floyd...
Minnesota artists create in isolation
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Many artists work by themselves as part of their creative process. The shelter-at-home orders may seem irrelevant...
Dying once is enough
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER How Simon Stranger’s last name is pronounced in Norwegian, I don’t know, but pronounced in English,...
