Arts
William Kunstler’s daughters examine controversial activist lawyer's legacy in documentary
Radical lawyer took on cases that made him reviled by some in the Jewish community By MICHAEL FOX Late in...
Mark Bloom's new double-CD album includes a song, or three, for every Jewish holiday
Mark Bloom covers a range of style — blues, funk, jazz, rock, salsa and swing — in his new double-CD...
Hanuka Cover Contest winners announced
Hanuka art by Yasha Hoffman, winner of the 2009/5770 AJW Hanuka Cover Contest. Hoffman's artwork appears on the cover of...
Why are we here?
Soul to Soul: A Guide by Judy J. Weinberger will be published in February by Two Harbors Press By ERIN...
Documentary spans the globe asking, 'What is God?'
Filmmaker Peter Rodger shleps his camera to exotic locales —Â from the American Southwest to the Himalayas —Â and asks folks, "What...
'Ida's Story' portrays a child's survival in Ukraine, and makes larger point about resisting genocide
By CRYSTAL ERICKSON TC Daily Planet A documentary 10 years in the making, Ida's Story had its big-screen debut at North Minneapolis's...
Ben Sidran’s Dylan tunes are arranged differently
Madison, Wisc.-based jazz pianist and composer Ben Sidran has recorded an album of Dylan covers. Dylan Different (Nardis Music) includes...
A treasury of Judaism and sports
Baseballs, Basketballs and Matzah Balls, by Mitchell Smith, Ph.D., AuthorHouse, 276 pages, $22.95 Reviewed by RABBI NORMAN M. COHEN If...
Vampires, Jews and the blood libel
The pop-culture mania for vampire stories meets the Holocaust in Sarah Jane Stratford’s debut novel, The Midnight Guardian, according to Marc Tracy's...
'The Messenger' — Israeli director dramatizes heartbreak of fallen soldiers' families
Israeli director Oren Moverman, in his directorial debut, elicits powerful, affecting performances from the stars of The Messenger, a film...
