By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews When you think about the characters of Jewish arts and culture, they pretty much come down to heroes, hooligans, and comedians. This, at least, is the idea behind this year’s Seattle Jewish Film Festival theme: The good, the bad, and the funny. “InContinue Reading
By Emily K. Alhadeff , Associate Editor, JTNews How’s this for an idea in educating the greater community about Judaism: Put it in a storefront. That’s the thinking behind artist Joan Rudd’s J-Kick crowdfunding campaign, called the Pop-Up Cultural Heritage Exhibit. As one of two projects currently featured on theContinue Reading
By Andy Bachman, Special to JTNews “Folk song calls the native back to his roots and prepares him emotionally to dance, worship, work, fight, or make love in ways normal to his place.” Alan Lomax, Folk Songs of North America Over sushi in Brooklyn the other night, I was askedContinue Reading
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By Deborah Gardner, Special to The Jewish Sound When Louise Steinman first faced the suggestion of writing about Poles and Jews, she was unequivocal: No. Growing up Jewish with a mother whose parents had immigrated from Poland in 1906, she inherited what she calls “received prejudices” about Poland. “IContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent The latest documentary from the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Moriah Films, “The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers,” opens in Seattle on Nov. 29 and gives viewers a rare and almost-never-before-seen insider’s look at three decades of Israeli history through the lens of an insider: Ambassador Yehuda Avner,Continue Reading
By Michael Fox , Special to JTNews Markus Zusak’s acclaimed novel, “The Book Thief,” could neither compare with nor replace the first-person reality of “The Diary of Anne Frank.” The success of the 2006 book does demonstrate, though, that younger generations will identify with and embrace a contemporary, accessible introductionContinue Reading
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By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist Speaking from Miami, about halfway through his book tour for “The Family: Three Journeys into the Heart of the Twentieth Century,” David Laskin was pleased with how the trip was going. Published by Viking, “The Family” is Laskin’s own family’s saga of “ur-20th-century Jewish stories,”Continue Reading
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, Cyndi Lauper, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, and others. The pop stars will visit Israel despite the ongoing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign calling on celebrities notContinue Reading
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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 feature, they cheered. When she added that the project would be the first Canadian movie in Yiddish, which neither she nor her lead actors knew,Continue Reading
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 dance, including a newly commissioned choreography to accompany a suite of incidental music for the silent film “Der Golem”; a suite from the Israeli composerContinue Reading
By Talia Lavin, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA)—”Everyone knows that Jews control the media and banks and stuff,” comedian Eugene Mirman quips in a recent stand-up routine. “But did you know that when you go to a carnival and you have to be a certain height to goContinue Reading
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, JTNews October 11-20 Seattle Polish Film Festival The Seattle Polish Film Festival features two Jewish-themed films. “Siberian Exile” (2013, 125 mins.) follows Poles, Ukrainians, and Jews deported to the Soviet Union in 1939. Through the eyes of young Staszek, the exiles face starvation andContinue Reading
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 Tamid Conservative Congregation, not at the Stroum Jewish Community Center. Millie Perkins was on her way to becoming a successful model in Paris when history intervened.Continue Reading
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 boisterous, outspoken American family set in the 1980s. But Wednesday’s premiere was a little too loaded with references to that neon-colored, big-haired decade—think REO Speedwagon, SamContinue Reading
By Dikla Tuchman, JTNews Correspondent Despite the expense and the long travel time, most people consider Israel a place they’d love to visit. The historical significance of the country is enough to woo most anyone, regardless of cultural or religious backgrounds. It’s no surprise, then, that National Geographic would findContinue Reading
