Movies! Movies! Movies! Film festivals continue to be a rich showcase for the latest Jewish films—documentaries from around the world, Israeli feature films and Sefardic

Kabbala and the shtetl, numbers and tattoos, dolls and embroidery merge in the first major New York exhibition of Argentinean artist Mirta Kupferminc.Mirta Kupferminc’s wandering figures meander

RECORDINGS Dancing in the Glory The Jewish Renewal Nava Tehila synagogue in Jerusalem has produced a recording of the original music used at their Friday

Hadassah College Jerusalem’s diverse student body—Jews and non-Jews, sabras and immigrants, Russians and Ethiopians—is not only a snapshot of the city in which the school

EXHIBITS UNITED STATES ARIZONA The Sylvia Plotkin Judaica Museum, Phoenix (480-951-0323; www.spjm.org) On permanent view is a composite synagogue sanctuary from Djerba, Tunisia, with ornate floral-motif

It’s a mitzva to write a Sefer Torah. In fact, the biblical commandment requires every Jew to write one, though this has been subject to

Films about Mexican Jews like Mariana Chenillo’sNora’s Will and Alejandro Springall’s My Mexican Shivah have been taking the international film festival circuit by storm in recent years. Revealing

Political activist Arthur Szyk interpreted the Book of Esther as one who was a witness to history and fighter for justice. Renowned artist and political