Category: Arts & Culture

By Gigi Yellen-Kohn, JTNews Correspondent Music by Composer Meira Warshauer: Symphony No. 1, "Living, Breathing Earth" and "Tekeeyah" (A Call) Mo

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman, other

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman, other Who owns a public memorial? How should a nation decide which symbol will express its grief? Should the families of

By Edmon J. Rodman, JTA World News Service

By Edmon J. Rodman, JTA World News Service LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Have I got a secret agent for you! When Hamas is smuggling missiles, and Iranians ar

By Vicki Cabot, other

By Vicki Cabot, other It began with a story. A bit of family lore that lured a bright, young writer on a quest to find out more, and then, as can s

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews usic our children listens to is good, safe and largely inoffensive. At the same time, we want to know that every

By Bethlehem Shoals, other

By Bethlehem Shoals, other (Tablet) — In the 1930s, Hank Greenberg chased Babe Ruth’s records and won the 1934 World Series with the Detroit

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews We have seen plenty of literature, films and nonfiction about the horrors of the Holocaust. Even more so now as t

By Beth Kissileff, JTNews Correspondent

By Beth Kissileff, JTNews Correspondent One would not expect a novel about a battered woman and her protectors, identity confusion, and murder to b

By Masha Rifkin, other

By Masha Rifkin, other Perhaps doctor doesn’t know best. In their new book, Your Medical Mind: How To Decide What is Right For You, husband-w

By Neal Schindler , Special to JTNews The wild rumpus began around 6:30 p.m. In front of buffets packed with lox, knishes, and apricot kuchen, the

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Note: The name of the theater company’s fall production has been corrected to Tales of Chelm. When the Seat

By Heather Robinson , Special to JTNews In advance of her November 4 performance at Tacoma’s Pantages Theater, the indefatigable Joan Rivers

By Gigi Yellen, JTNews Correspondent Jewish and Nazi prisoners interned together behind the same barbed wire? Sometimes in the same bed? Both consi