Arts
Ajami: A Middle East without mercy
By MICHAEL FOX Even by the high standards set by Israeli films in the last few years, Ajami is a knockout....
‘Oy vey’ is Yiddish for ‘uff-da’
Songwriter Elisa Korenne brings the lost world of immigrant Jews back to rural Minnesota By RABBI JONATHAN PERLMAN When New...
Mpls.-St. Paul International Film Festival rolls on with a very Jewish family drama from Mexico
In Nora's Will (Cinco dias sin Nora), a family comes together to bury a mother and ex-wife who, after many...
Gay men’s chorus benefit to feature Jewish comedian
“Mental: An Evening of Homo-Neurotic Comedy,” featuring Jewish comedian and author Eddie Sarfaty, and benefiting the Twin Cities Gay Men’s...
Mpls. Jewish Film Festival concludes with 'Bewoket,' a film about a Jewish American healer in Ethiopia
Dr. Rick Hodes (left) was joined by Taka Larson, a survivor of the 1994 Rwanda genocide, on Sunday at the...
‘Max Manus,’ a story of the Norwegian resistance to the Nazi occupation will open the 28th Annual Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival
The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival opens tonight at 7 p.m. with Max Manus, a Norwegian film about the resistance...
A Nazi-era filmmaker and an American gonif
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR When one thinks of the Nazis and film, the name Leni Riefenstahl might come to mind. But...
Mpls. Jewish Film Festival wraps up
CNN Hero Dr. Rick Hodes, featured in Bewoket: By the Will of God, will speak after the film and at...
Clarinet artistry: From Benny to Anat
Anat Cohen, one of today’s most gifted jazz musicians, will perform April 25 at the Dakota Jazz Club By MORDECAI...
On flute, Mattan Klein
One of Israel’s finest jazz musicians will help celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut on April 22 at the St. Paul JCC By...
