Editorial: Trump is bad for the Jews
It’s been fascinating to watch local TV news programs examining the upsurge in violent anti-Semitic acts — most recently, attacks ...
Tag: Mordecai Specktor
He’s back to playing like Fred Hersch
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In his exemplary 2017 memoir, Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz, acclaimed ...
An Ordway Original smash: ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’
Reviewed by MORDECAI SPECKTOR Dubbed an "Ordway Original," Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller , a musical revue ...
Michael Feinstein makes his Dakota debut
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In his 2012 book, The Gershwins and Me: A Personal History in Twelve Songs, Michael Feinstein writes: ...
Editorial: St. Paul Jewish Federation corrects course
On June 24, I drove from my home in South Minneapolis across the river to Highland Park, the St. Paul ...
Editorial: My nephew Oliver, Jewish names and the Jews of Denmark
London’s skyline has changed dramatically over recent years; as foreign capital has poured in, glass and steel skyscrapers rise everywhere. ...
Editorial: Ofra Bloch talks about intergenerational trauma
Our family Kabbalat Shabbat tradition includes candle lighting, of course, and then wishing everyone “Shabbat Shalom.” I add, “May the ...
Here’s the Jewish angle on MSPIFF
AJW Staff Report The much-anticipated Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF) is underway, running through April 20, with more ...
Editorial: In each generation
I had last talked with Rabbi Jonathan Perlman, in the fall of 2010, for a Jewish World story. It was ...
When Harpo and Dali wrote a film
From the Strange but True Department: Harpo Marx, the silent member of the Marx Brothers, and surrealist painter Salvador Dali ...
