Arts
Julian Schnabel’s ‘Miral’ stirs controversy
Famous artist and director contends that film will advance dialogue about Israel-Palestine, but he’s wrong By RACHEL SHTEIR NEW YORK...
The ‘Socalled’ Movie can be enjoyed in your home
Socalled, a.k.a. Josh Dolgin, the Montreal-based composer and klezmer/hip-hop artist, is known to millions from the brilliant YouTube video of...
An unlikely, and quietly sensitive, German soldier
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER It’s difficult or impossible to summon sympathy for a soldier in Hitler’s army — even one...
Presenting this year’s Purim shpiel in rhyme
Minneapolis-based publisher Kar-Ben has released "The Queen Who Saved Her People" by Tilda Balsley, a new adaptation of the well-known...
Jews of the ballpark (+ Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival schedule)
Cleveland Indians hitter Al Rosen makes a memorable appearance in Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story, an entertaining and...
A modern take on Jewish children’s literature
Author Dori Weinstein has created the YaYa and YoYo series, which addresses the struggles and triumphs of today’s Jewish kids...
Judgment in Jerusalem
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER The trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem 50 years ago next month “transformed Jewish life and...
Shalom Hanoch: Live tonight at the Cedar
Israeli rock legend Shalom Hanoch plays the Cedar Cultural Center (416 Cedar Ave. S., on the West Bank of Minneapolis)...
How to get ahead herding goats
Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company will stage Goats by Alan Berks March 5-27 By DORIS RUBENSTEIN What is it about goats...
Purim as a cultural crossroads
Voices of Sepharad will present ‘A Night in Persia’ on March 20 and 21 to celebrate Purim and the Persian...
