Category: Arts News

By , JNS.org (JNS.org) Numerous popular singers are planning to stop in Tel Aviv during their tours in the coming year, including Julio Iglesias, C

By Tom Tugend, other When Canadian filmmaker Naomi Jaye, who had spent 10 years making short films, told friends she was embarking on her first fea

By Jack Falk , Special to JTNews For its fall concert "Until When?" Seattle's Music of Remembrance promises an enticing mix of music, theatre, and

By Talia Lavin, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA)—"Everyone knows that Jews control the media and banks and stuff," comedian Eugene Mirm

By Emily K. Alhadeff , Associate Editor, JTNews Editor’s note: The story was corrected to note that the event will take place at Herzl-Ner Ta

By Jana Banin, JTA World News Service HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (JTA)—Some were psyched for the nostalgia of "The Goldbergs," a new ABC sitcom about a

By Dikla Tuchman, JTNews Correspondent Despite the expense and the long travel time, most people consider Israel a place they’d love to visit

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews A detailed study of the acts at this year’s Bumbershoot show that with the exception, perhaps, of a backup

By Judy Lash Balint, JNS.org SEATTLE—Most Orthodox rabbis who earn the title "emeritus" retire to a quiet life of teaching and learning and visiti

By Michael Fox , Special to JTNews To everyone under 40, and anyone outside of New York, the popular Catskills summer resorts of the mid-20th centu

By Erin Pike, Special to JTNews If the biggest question on your mind this weekend is, "Where can I get my hands on a Jewish version of "˜Fifty Shad

By Charlene Kahn , JTNews Correspondent Though known as strong supporters within the Jewish community, Seattleites Herb and Lucy Pruzan are also lo

By Tori Gottlieb, Special to JTNews Most people would never imagine that there was ever a time when Idan Cohen wasn’t a dancer. But they woul

By Herb Krohn, Special to JTNews Most of the Jewish-related films at the Seattle International Film Festival have passed, but this one is a must-se

By Dikla Tuchman, JTNews Correspondent For more than 40 years, Seattle has been home to two of the largest, best-known music festivals on the West

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent With a voice that combines an exotic hybrid of his French roots, a decade in Israel, and a nod to the Pacific

By Gwen Davis , JTNews Correspondent Who were the first Jews in Washington State? How were they able to assimilate into American and Washington cul