A Jew’s Blues: Mike Bloomfield
IN THE 1960s musicians broke through the invisible barrier of the three-minute pop song. The single that did it, which rose to number 2, in fact, was Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965). Its six minutes...
The Jewish Immigrant Philanthropist Who Didn’t Like the Word “Charity”
The biography of Julius Rosenwald, one of the most thoughtful and transformative philanthropists in American history, parallels the life experiences of many Jewish immigrant families of the mid-19th century—women and men who left German-speaking...
Morocco’s rich Jewish history
Morocco’s Jewish community has declined from its heyday of 250,000 people in the 1950s to a few thousand today, but its vibrant past continues to be a draw for Jewish visitors and a selling...
German Jewish swing star, camp survivor dies at 93
German Jewish guitarist Coco Schumann, who had a more than seven-decade-long career in swing and jazz music and survived several Nazi concentration camps, has died aged 93, his music label said Monday.
“Not only his...
Hollywood’s oldest working actress Connie Sawyer dies at 105
Connie Sawyer, Hollywood’s oldest working actress, died at 105 on Monday at a retirement home in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
The actress starred in hundreds of roles on television and film throughout her career, from “A Hole...
Dead Sea Scrolls expert to receive Israel Prize in Jewish studies
Prof. Elisha Qimron of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev will be awarded the Israel Prize in the category of Jewish studies for his research into the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Education Ministry announced on...
Hallelujah to Howie Roseman, the Jewish Genius Behind the Eagles’ Trip to the Super...
I’m an Eagles fan, which means I spend a lot of time thinking and saying terrible, hurtful things about the Eagles. And, in recent years, few were the people who seemed riper for the...
Brooklyn author traces the history of Brooklyn’s Syrian Jewish community
The Syrian community in Brooklyn has a 100-year history, and author Sarina Roffe has captured it and more in her book “Branching Out From Sepharad”. Her ambitious and deeply researched book traces two rabbinic...
Jewish NFL Owners To Make History
No, Julian Edelman, the all-star receiver for the New England Patriots and author of the PJ Library-sponsored children’s book about overcoming obstacles, won’t be on the field at U.S. Bank Stadium on Feb. 4....
Oscar nominations 2018: 5 Jewish takeaways
If one thing jumps out about the nominations for the 90th annual Academy Awards, it’s the lack of big Jewish headlines to be plucked from them. “The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro’s latest fantasy-tinted...