Arts
The maestro as a man
Dinner with Lenny: The Last Long Interview with Leonard Bernstein, by Jonathan Cott, Oxford, 183 pages, $24.95 Reviewed by NEAL...
Minneapolis Jewish Humor Fest runs through Jan. 26
The Sabes JCC is hosting the fourth annual Minneapolis Jewish Humor Festival through Jan. 26. This festival of one-person shows,...
‘Old-fashioned Jew-hatred’
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Neil Kressel’s Sons of Pigs and Apes is too important to deserve the fate of many...
Try not to drool upon ‘Jerusalem: A Cookbook’
Yotam Ottolenghi was raised in the Jewish precincts of West Jerusalem, and co-author Sami Tamimi is from the Arab east...
Omer Avital and the Band of the East will play Thursday evening, Jan. 10 at St. Paul JCC
The Jan. 4 issue of the AJW featured a story about acclaimed Israeli jazz bassist and composer Omer Avital. Music...
Building a musical bridge
Omer Avital has established himself as a top bass player on the jazz scene, but also is bringing traditional Jewish...
Standing up, speaking out
Moynihan’s Moment: America’s Fight against Zionism as Racism, by Gil Troy, Oxford, 368 pages, $29.95 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Daniel...
Illuminating the stories of three biblical women
Pictured above is an illuminated painting by Debra Band, a detail from the cover of her new book, Arise! Arise!...
Graphic novel imagines a hidden Jewish history
The Spanish Inquisition devastated Jewish life in Spain, as Jews had to either convert to Catholicism or flee, in 1492....
Cathy Ladman returns to Minn. for New Year’s Eve shows
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR When we last talked, in December 2010, Cathy Ladman was living in south Minneapolis. She had some...
