How we choose the books we read
We come to the books we read from many directions. It could be newspaper and magazine reviews, suggestions from trusted friends, NPR reviews, looking at bookstore recent arrivals, ‘the book club is now reading,’...
Movie Review: ‘Kastner and the Little Tuesday’
Kästner and the Little Tuesday, a 2016 movie originally titled in German as Kästner und der Kleine Dienstag is now streaming, with English subtitles, on Amazon Prime.
It’s Germany 1931, the children’s novel Emil and the Detectives is being...
Jewish music for any soul
For the 8th season, clarinetist Paul Green will bring Jewish music to the Berkshires with an international mix of chamber works and song.
His "Summer Celebration of Jewish Music" brings together an ensemble that includes...
How Vilna’s Jews Rescued Their Books From the Nazis
For hundreds of years, books played a powerful role in the lives of Vilna’s Jews.
The city was home to the two most influential publishing houses of religious and secular books, Romm and B. Kletskin,...
Music of Shabbat to Soothe the Troubled Heart
If music can soothe the troubled heart, the music of Shabbat may be particularly effective with its prayer chants for peace, for healing, and for the departed.
The next Treasures from the Music Collection of...
Akron High Arts Festival 2017 opens Sept. 15, adds music and film
Starting next Friday, Akronites will have 23 days to check out and vote on visual art, music and film, as venues around the downtown showcase artists' entries during the High Arts Festival 2017.
Formerly known as...
‘Sephardic Weekend’ to celebrate Jewish culture of Spain, Portugal, Morocco
Food, music, prayer and discussion will provide an engaging glimpse of an ancient culture and the people who still connect with it, as part of “Sephardic Weekend.”
Hosted by Congregation Bet Haverim’s Adult Education Committee,...
Irish and Jewish questions – the chosen people’s history in Ireland
The first mention of Jews in Ireland dates from the Annals of Innisfallen in 1079; according to an entry for that year .
“Coicer Iudaide do thichtain dar muir agus aisceda leo do Thairdelbach, & a n-díchor...
Seattle Jewish Film Festival offers a ‘kaleidoscopic look’ at filmmaking
Festival Preview
When filmmaker Tiffany Shlain lived in Seattle briefly during the early ’90s, she had an apartment in Pioneer Square that she was very excited about.
“I remember , ‘Dad, I have a view of...
Linguist learns of her biological father’s secret past (Book Review)
What Language do I Dream in? by Elena Lappin; HarperCollins, 2017, ISBN 9781554-684632.
As a bilingual speaker of Hebrew and English as well as having some knowledge of French and German, I was intrigued by...