Arts
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,...
Watching ‘Fauda’ requires suspending disbelief. But it’s worth it.
By BEN HARRIS Social distancing and staying inside is hard. Thankfully, accessing good things to watch during this time is...
Looking for answers among the remains
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Persistent and resourceful Esther Safran Foer would have made a fine detective. I Want You to...
Tour Jewish art museums without leaving your home
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN For regular museum patrons, social distancing and sheltering-in-place can leave us itching to get out and stroll...
When the past is a riddle
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Hans Neumann, a young Czech sought by the Gestapo for failing to report for deportation, chose...
His comedy mocks Germany’s history with Jews. After his TV show was canceled, he’s thinking about leaving the country.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ (JTA) — Shahak Shapira was 14 when he moved with his mother and brother from Petach Tikvah in...
Kelen collection finds new home at the Walker
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Many of us have collections, assembled either deliberately or by chance. I never intended to have a...
Interpreting the U.S.-Nazi connection
Reviewed by Neal Gendler Suspend disbelief and you can enjoy the Shoah-related tension that builds in A.J. Sidransky's novel, The...
