How music led to a cantor’s survival story, and how it lives on in...
April tends to feature a flurry of Holocaust-related arts pieces—from new exhibits to books to webinars and movies. One of them this year offers a through-the-generations feel that brings the past right into viewers’...
A David and Goliath battle: Acclaimed documentary by Northampton filmmaker tells the story of...
‘Labor of love” might be a cliche. But when it comes to her new film, “Four Winters: A Story of Jewish Partisan Resistance and Bravery During WWII,” Julia Mintz says the expression is very much...
Eurovision participants plant saplings of hope, healing and harmony
In the middle of a field that was devastated by the 2019 fire that razed most of Moshav Mevo Modi’in and 500 acres of nearby forest, a fresh-faced group of 36 participants in the...
‘His Only Son,’ Movie about Abraham and Isaac, Opens March 31
On March 31, in theatres around the country, His Only Son, a Christian movie by David Helling depicting the binding of Isaac, will open. Except for some Christian references at the beginning and end of...
Chaim Topol, of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ fame, dies at age 87
Israeli actor Chaim Topol, who gained international fame for his portrayal of Tevye in the stage and cinematic versions of the “Fiddler on the Roof,” died on March 9 in Tel Aviv after a...
Yad Vashem-sponsored symphony celebrates Japanese diplomat who saved Jews during the Holocaust
Samurai warriors live by the moral code bushido, or “way of the warrior.”
World-renowned cellist Kristina Reiko Cooper, a half-Japanese convert to Judaism living in Tel Aviv, comes from a samurai background. So did Chiune Sugihara,...
A century old, Buber’s ‘I and Thou’ will endure for another 100 years, experts...
German Jewish philosopher Martin Buber’s references to personal “I-Thou” and detached “I-It” relations ring a bell even for those who never read his 1923 book I and Thou, or read it long ago. But on...
Artist depicts disarmingly beautiful Holocaust art
At first blush, the recent, photorealistic paintings of Los Angeles-based Jewish artist Robert Russell look inviting, almost sweet. A lamb turns its head to look back over its shoulder in one, and in another, a crouching...
Hiker finds 2,500-year-old receipt bearing the name of King Ahasuerus’ father Darius I
A hiker in southern Israel recently stumbled upon a rare inscription bearing the name of the Persian king widely believed to be the father of King Ahasuerus, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Wednesday.
The...
Violinist Miri Ben-Ari aims to create a ‘Symphony of Brotherhood’
Miri Ben-Ari began studying violin at age 5. “I grew up in a classical music bubble,” the Israeli-American musician told JNS. “I didn’t know anything except classical music as a child. I was so...