Arts
In the beginning were Hebrew letters
Joe Vass employs the letters of the Hebrew alphabet for his new musical show at the St. Paul JCC By...
A look at bygone schmatta business
HBO film about New York’s garment district premieres Oct. 19 By CURT SCHLEIER Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags Again...
Neal Karlen pounces on the Coen brothers, and they have a friendly chat
Local journalist and author Neal Karlen writes in the Washinton Post about the mysteriously fertile ground of St. Louis Park...
As American as Moses
(Editor's note: Many AJW readers were surprised to see Ruth F. Brin's book review on the front page of the...
A dance to longing
Stuart Pimsler conceived and directed, with Suzanne Costello, "Tales from the Book of Longing." (Photo: V. Paul Virtucio) Stuart Pimsler...
'Punching the Clown' mines folksingers' misfortune and misadventures for laughs
Henry Phillips walks onstage in a scene from Gregori Viens new film "Punching the Clown." (Photo: Viens Films, LLC) In...
Film to highlight two of the Righteous Among the Nations
Journey to Freedom will be screened on Oct. 9 Until 2006, only one American, Varian Fry, had ever been named...
The way we were Midwest Jews
A Serious Man brings the renowned Coen brothers back to their peculiar Jewish milieu of St. Louis Park By MORDECAI...
Review: 'A Serious Man' unspools funny and foreboding bubbe meises
Amy Landecker stars as Mrs. Samsky, shown here with Michael Stuhlbarg, who plays protagonist Larry Gopnik, in writer/directors Joel and...
Have a little faith
Best-selling author Mitch Albom will talk about his new book on Oct. 18 at Temple Israel By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN...
