Jewish Theological Seminary exhibition explores history of marriage, ‘ketubahs’
The Jewish Theological Seminary on New York’s Upper West Side opened its first exhibition in its newly constructed library.
“To Build a New Home: Celebrating the Jewish Wedding” introduces visitors to Jewish marriages from Talmudic times...
Famous Israelis team with wounded combat vets to bring PTSD out in the open
Sixty of Israel’s leading politicians, entrepreneurs and social activists teamed up with injured Israeli combat veterans and for a special photographic exhibition, opening Thursday night in New York City. The project features participation from Israeli...
Film on Ethiopian Jewry’s ‘Yearning’ to be Screened in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — “They love our work, but they do not love us” says an elderly man in the high mountains of Ethiopia. He is a Jew. His family has been Jewish as far...
Book Presents 21 Jewish Role Models for Grade School Girls
She’s a Mensch: Jewish Women Who Rocked the World by Rachelle Burk and Alana Barouch, with illustrations by Arielle Trent; Seattle, Washington: Intergalactic Afikoman; © 2023; ISBN 9781951-365110; 56 pages; $19.99.
Twenty-one Jewish women whose accomplishments...
Sonoma Jewish music series includes ‘the whole kitchen sink’
Polish dance music from Veretski Pass. Middle Eastern guitar riffs from RebbeSoul. Jewish songs with a feminist perspective. A setting of “Avinu Malkeinu” for cantor, clarinet, cello, piano and percussion.
The free Jewish Music Series that starts...
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...
5 Minute Plays Delightfully Kick Off Summer Theater Season
Last night an eager and appreciative audience gathered for the 7th Annual 5 Minute Play Festival. Thanks to COVID-19, the program had been put on hold since 2020. Normally a slate of ten plays...
‘Menashe’ presents a rare authentic on-screen depiction of Hasidic Judaism
In “Menashe,” which debuts nationally July 28, director Joshua Weinstein has delicately crafted a work that emanates a rarely seen authenticity, tenderness and depth sadly lacking in other mainstream films about Hasidic Jews and...
Emotional Documentary on Life After the Holocaust
After Auschwitz, a 2018 film streaming on paid Amazon Prime, is a follow-up to filmmaker and director Jon Kean’s Swimming in Auschwitz, a 2007 documentary that chronicled the World War II experiences of six female...
‘Desert Rock Garden:’ A Landmark Piece of History With the Full Array of Emotions
I believe I was in my final years of high school or perhaps even early years of college when I first learned of the Japanese internment camps. What horrified me most of all was one...