“The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook”. Great book, unfortunately they left the Yiddish out!
Beautifully translated for a new generation of devotees of delicious and healthy eating: a groundbreaking, mouthwatering vegetarian cookbook originally published in Yiddish in pre–World War II Vilna and miraculously rediscovered more than half a...
The best Jewish, Israeli films of 2017 so far
First rule of screenwriting, whether you are doing a fiction film or a documentary: Without conflict there is no story.
Perhaps that is why Jewish-themed movies are so often effective. We are in conflict with...
“Di shisl un dos tepl” (The Platter and the Pot), song based on...
A beautiful children’s song performed in Yiddish by Bobe Adina.
The Platter and the Pot - Both kitchen objects quarrel all the time to try to suggest who is the better one or the more...
“A Ketzl” (The Cat), song based on “El Gato de Barrio”, by Cri Cri
A beautiful children’s song performed in Yiddish by Bobe Adina.
The Cat - This cat lives happily in a neighborhood he knows well. He never wants to leave as he can describe all its inhabitants ...
“Flaterl” (Butterfly) y “Unter a kleyn beymale” (Under the little tree)
A beautiful children’s song performed in Yiddish by Bobe Adina.
Butterfly, Song from poet Beyle Schechter Gottessman; and song from Jewish Folklore, ' Under the little tree'. The first describes a butterfly jumping from flower to...
Award-winning documentary about Roman Jews during the Nazi occupation to be shown at Ocean...
What was the experience of Roman Jews living in Nazi occupied Rome? The public is invited to a free screening, an adult program, of the award-winning documentary film Oro Macht Frei (Gold Will Set...
A Mayzl (The Mouse), song based on “El Ratón Vaquero”, by Cri Cri
A beautiful children’s song performed in Yiddish by Bobe Adina.
The Mouse - A mouse got into the house of another and makes believe he is the boss. The owner is uncomfortable to have him...
Review: ‘Bad Jews’ will make you laugh, cringe and think
How fitting that the Actors’ Warehouse would select “Bad Jews” as the first offering in its classy new venue — a former church on Northeast First Street that has long since been repurposed from...
Telefon (The Telephone), song based on “El Teléfono”, by Cri Cri
A beautiful children’s song performed in Yiddish by Bobe Adina.
The Telephone - Mixing classical music with the melody of Soler's song, a fox mommy is described as a very homey busy- body doing everything...
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...