Arts
History of Great White Way illuminated in photo book
Israeli actor Chaim Topol has the role of Tevye this week, as the touring company of Fiddler on the Roof...
Life imitates art in story of bad scheduling
Sixty-Six is a funny and touching story of a Jewish boy’s star-crossed Bar Mitzva in London By CURT SCHLEIER When...
Debbie Friedman sings the Shacharit service in new CD
St. Paul native Debbie Friedman has put her stamp on Jewish music, with her melodies for Mi Shebeirach (the prayer...
Bearing witness to a soldier’s sacrifice
HBO producer Ross Katz initially resisted a story by a retired Marine, then felt called to bring it to the public...
Rutu Modan's new toons draw in the adult reader
In a follow-up to her captivating graphic novel Exit Wounds (10.31.08 AJW), Israeli cartoonist Rutu Modan returns with Jamilti and...
Jewish film festival to kick off March 5
By LEORA MACCABEE From March 5-15, the Sabes Foundation Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival, a celebration of Jewish life, politics, culture,...
Tim Sparks, Tom Lieberman will reunite for Feb. 7 coffeehouse concert at Beth El
Evening of spellbinding guitar music will feature klezmer, swing and Americana tunes By MORDECAI SPECKTOR A musical highlight of the...
Harvey Pekar’s mundane tales appear in new collection
Harvey Pekar, the beloved Jewish curmudgeon from Cleveland, attained some renown with appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman...
Yad Vashem offers virtual tour of 'My Homeland' exhibition on the Web
Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem, has put its exhibition My Homeland — Holocaust Survivors in...
No war no more
As a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, Ari Folman arrived at the Beirut airport during Israel’s 1982 Lebanon War....
