Arts
Klez Dispensers swing and sing on new album
Klezmer aficionados in the New York City area know from the Klez Dispensers. However, the jazzy klezmorim don't get to...
An impulse to resist
'Defiance' director Ed Zwick chronicles Nazi resistance in the woods of Belarus By CURT SCHLEIER They came to the Museum...
Sculptures, photos in Sabes JCC show investigate identity
  "Medusa" by Mirjana Mladinov is among the works featured in "The Life of Plenty," which opens Jan. 8...
Roth novel probes Jews in the Korean War era
In his 29th novel, Philip Roth sets his story in 1951, at the peak of the Cold War and the...
Story of 'Valkyrie' fed director's fascination
By CURT SCHLEIER /Â Special to the AJW For a director, every film is special, a baby that needs to be...
"Hanukkah Blessings" by Barenaked Ladies
We light the first Hanuka candle on Sunday night.
Captain Smartypants sings 'Dreidel'
This should either get you in the mood for Hanuka or leave you totally stupified:
Peter Himmelman to play Cedar Cultural Center, Dec. 20 & 21
St. Louis Park native Peter Himmelman will return home for two shows at the Cedar Cultural Center. During a phone...
Bielski brothers' saga dramatized in "Defiance"
The true story of the heroic Bielski brothers — Tuvia, Zus and Asael — who waged an epic struggle as...
The Klezmatics! Live! Sunday afternoon!
Always a crowd favorite, The Klezmatics, one of the world-class klezmer ensembles, come to the Cedar Cultural Center (416 Cedar Ave. So.,...
