The Tony award-winning actor and singer is now starring in what may be the most positive Jewish play on Broadway in decades.
Brief Reviews: Irena, Righteous Gentile, and a New-Old Tevye
EXHIBITSTraces of Sepharad More than 40 black-and-white etchings by self-taught Sefardic artist Marc Shanker compress pithy, humorous and thought-provoking Ladino proverbs into simple visual images.
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Music Man, Monk, Jew After a 15-year hiatus, 74-year-old singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen is on the road again, emerging from financial and legal difficulties and continually
The Arts : Poetry From Ambiguity
Amos Gitai is frequently photographed with his head tilted down, eyes gazing up at the camera, an enigmatic half-smile creasing his lips. It is an
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The following films were shown at the 13th New York Sephardic Film Festival, cosponsored by the American Sephardi Federation/Sephardic House and the Yeshiva University Museum.
Profile: Leon Botstein
This college president and orchestra conductor has made waves both for his promotion of controversial educational experiences and for his resurrection through repertoire of ‘unfairly
The Arts : Russian-Jewish Theater: Act I
In the Soviet Union, plays and playhouses created by and for Jews thrived, and a traveling exhibition chronicles the artistry and the artists who sustained
Brief Review: The Holocaust in Drama, Image and Film
EXHIBITEnvisioning Maps Maps real and imagined explore identity, immigration, heritage, history and home through the work of 35 contemporary artists in paintings, collages,
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Do-It-Yourself Designs Delight in New Book Busy with Pesah cleaning? Rivky Koenig, author of Crafting Jewish (Mesorah;www.craftingjewish.com), suggests taking a break to create a family