Arts
A writer wrestles with Jewish questions, life issues
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER The difficult experience of divorce doesn’t necessarily end with the court decree. It may be only...
Shmita Project showcases varied arts
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN When I first heard about the Shmita Project exhibition at the Minnesota JCC, I wondered, “What kind...
Alice Stern travels through time
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER What if you just turned 40, fell asleep and woke up in your childhood bed, once...
Poems wanted
The Jewish World will publish another poetry page in the July 2022 issue. We again invite local Jewish poets to...
Tamara Nadel marries Jewish and Hindu dance traditions
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN What do Hinduism and Kabbala have in common? According to Tamara Nadel, it’s all in the dance....
Searching for a bridge to the past
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Jason Sommer had an uneasy childhood with a smart, gregarious father whose Shoah experience hovered just...
‘Sadie on a Plate’ spans romance, cooking
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Sadie Rosen will never cook lunch in Seattle again. Fired from the Green Onion, where she...
Talented cast elevates ‘Two Jews Walk Into a War …’
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN In the days when Vaudeville was hot, before a show hit Broadway it had tryouts in various...
A musician’s musician
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Apparently, I conducted a phone interview with musician David Bromberg on March 11, 2020. I barely recall...
On hating Jews, who are both lesser and greater
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER David Baddiel says that among typical progressives whose hearts bleed for every oppressed minority, Jews don’t...
