By Gigi Yellen-Kohn, JTNews Correspondent Music by Composer Meira Warshauer: Symphony No. 1, “Living, Breathing Earth” and “Tekeeyah” (A Call) Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky, conductor Haim Avitsur, shofar and trombone soloist Navona Records NV5842. Enhanced format audio CD with additional features. Textures and rhythms found in nature — birdContinue Reading
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 the dead receive special consideration? Does the intent of the artist matter or the work alone? These are only a few of the questions raisedContinue Reading
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 are building A-bombs deep underground, to whom can Israel turn? 007? No way. He’s too busy playing baccarat or keeping the world fromContinue Reading
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 sometimes happen to very lucky, and very good, first-time authors, to find a story that begat a story andContinue Reading
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 time it gets popped into the CD player we won’t have the uncontrollable urge to wrap the minivan around an electric pole. If NewContinue Reading
By Bethlehem Shoals, other (Tablet) — In the 1930s, Hank Greenberg chased Babe Ruth’s records and won the 1934 World Series with the Detroit Tigers. The national pastime wasn’t friendly territory for a Jewish athlete then, but by proudly staking out a claim, Greenberg proved that Jews could play theContinue Reading
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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 the survivors of those horrific years are passing away in ever greater numbers. What has not been nearly as well documented has been the immediateContinue Reading
By Beth Kissileff, JTNews Correspondent One would not expect a novel about a battered woman and her protectors, identity confusion, and murder to be written by a male septuagenarian Holocaust survivor. But as one of Aharon Appelfeld’s characters says, “Contradictions don’t put me off.” Appelfeld’s newest novel to appear inContinue Reading
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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-wife physician team Jerome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband lay the groundwork for making sound medical decisions. None of our choices are completely independent, the authors say;Continue Reading
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 Kosher Red Hots, Spokane’s preeminent klezmer band, began whirling out songs in Yiddish and getting the sizable crowd to sing along. During the firstContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Note: The name of the theater company’s fall production has been corrected to Tales of Chelm. When the Seattle Jewish Theater Company did its first of four performances of Tales the Chelm a month ago, it marked the official answer to a question Art FeinglassContinue Reading
By Heather Robinson , Special to JTNews In advance of her November 4 performance at Tacoma’s Pantages Theater, the indefatigable Joan Rivers made time to speak with JTNews about her two TV shows, memories of her Jewish grandmothers, and how to stay forever young at heart. JTNews: Hi Joan! LastContinue Reading
By Gigi Yellen, JTNews Correspondent Jewish and Nazi prisoners interned together behind the same barbed wire? Sometimes in the same bed? Both considered “enemy aliens”? That actually happened in the England of World War II. Those strange bedfellows were the first audiences for the satiric, cabaret-style revue “What a Life!”Continue Reading
