Arts
Leftover Cuties will play Dakota on July 17
The Leftover Cuties The AJW has learned that Shirli McAllen, vocalist for the Leftover Cuties, is an Israeli and an...
Documentary on Shin Bet heads pulls back the curtain
Anyone desiring a more nuanced understanding of Israel’s history must watch The Gatekeepers (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment), which will be...
Herzl doc takes conservative view of Israel’s father
It Is No Dream will be screened July 15 at the Sabes JCC By MICHAEL FOX It Is No Dream:...
FDR’s evolution on Jewish issues
FDR and the Jews, by Richard Breitman and Allan J. Lichtman, Belknap Press (Harvard), 433 pages, $29.95 Reviewed by NEAL...
'Hannah Arendt' opens Friday in Edina
The new portrait of the philosopher shows that a contest of the mind can be just as intense and vicious...
Cantors to gather in Twin Cities
The 2013 conference of American cantors and temple musicians will end with a July 2 concert at Bet Shalom Congregation...
Fiction inspired by the U.N.
The Geneva Option, by Adam LeBor, Bourbon Street Books, 352 pages, $14.99 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER A good detective story...
Uri Gurvich blends global musical roots on 'BabEl'
The evocative melody played on oud (Middle Eastern lute) that kicks off “Pyramid,” the first track on Uri Gurvich’s sensational...
'Fill the Void' from Israel opens June 14
In her debut film, Rama Burshtein portrays her community of observant Jews, ‘trying to say something from within’ By MICHAEL...
A Shoah memoir of courage, perseverance
Sky Tinged Red, by Isaia Eiger, translated by Dora Eiger Zaidenweber, Beaver’s Pond Press, 415 pages, $19.95 Reviewed by NEAL...
