Miami Jewish Film Festival Announces 2018 Lineup
Art Basel is over, but Miami's next cultural extravaganza isn't far off. The Miami Jewish Film Festival (MJFF) will return this January for its 21st year. January 11 through 25, MJFF will screen 62...
Grigory Kanovich’s Remarkable Love Song For a Lithuanian Shtetl
Thanks to the hard work of his literary admirers, an English translation of Grigory Kanovich’s autobiographical novel “Shtetl Love Song” has finally appeared.
The novel was released by a boutique British publishing house, Noir Press,...
Why Jewish songwriters wrote the soundtrack to the world’s most musical holiday
What's the connection between Silver Bells, Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, A Holly Jolly Christmas, The Secret of Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and White Christmas?
They were all...
Ha-ha-Hanukkah! Jewish comedians host a ‘Chanukahstravaganza’
It’s a Jewish festival of laughs.
Two Jewish comediennes will open the first night of Hanukkah with a gift of laughter. The second annual “Chanukahstravaganza: Night of a Thousand Jews” on Dec. 12 at Union...
Holocaust drama ‘The Camp’ among productions being presented in Boca Raton
Both current Boca Raton productions, "The Camp," a drama set in the Holocaust-era, running now through Dec. 17 at the Levis Jewish Community Center and the musical "She Loves Me," running now through Dec. 23 at...
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”–“Mad Men” For Jews, and for Gentiles Too.
After reading some great reviews and hearing Laury tell us how wonderful it was, Barb and I sat down last night and watched the first two episodes of Amazon Prime's new streaming series The Marvelous...
Menashe, affectionate and gently humorous portrayal of Hasidic Judaism, a community rarely seen on...
A go-to theme for the more mawkish end of the comedic spectrum – a father striving to parent alone after the death of his wife – here gets an illuminating, unsentimental new spin. According...
‘Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins’ Is the True Story of Hanukkah
Part of the way through the holiday-season classic Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, I pause and ask myself, What do goblins have to do with anything in the first place? And while we’re at it, what do...
A Life in Dialogue: Building Bridges between Catholics and Jews, by Dr. Eugene J....
I was pleased to recently receive a review copy of a wonderful memoir by Dr. Eugene J. Fisher, entitled A Life in Dialogue: Building Bridges between Catholics and Jews (MR, MEDIA BOOKS, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA...
Death And Sex At Masada
Few places are as iconic in Jewish life as Masada, the desert stronghold where, as the story goes, a courageous group of Jews chose to die at their own hands rather than perish by...