Tag: Mordecai Specktor

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen reports that she was spared the calamitous effects of Hurricane Sandy. “We’re some ...

Acclaimed Israeli author and filmmaker Etgar Keret will speak Nov. 14 at the Sabes JCC By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Israeli author ...

As the American Jewish World goes to press this week, the results of the 2012 elections are unknown. Nate Silver’s ...

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Israeli singer-songwriter David Broza has not played the Twin Cities in nearly 10 years. His last show ...

The job of editing a newspaper entails certain compromises and the occasional pangs of conscience. At the top, I want ...

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In the 1960s, American pop music had an address: the Brill Building, 1619 Broadway, New York City. ...

The October issue of The Atlantic magazine included a number of articles billed under the general theme: “You call this ...

The 2013 AJW Community Guide, a comprehensive directory of Jewish resources in Minnesota, is set for publication Nov. 30 — ...

The Web site of the Union for Reform Judaism informs us that “Sukkot, a Hebrew word meaning ‘booths’ or ‘huts,’ ...

The traditional greeting for Rosh Hashana is “L’shana tova tikatevu” — “May you be inscribed for a good year.” The ...