December 15, 2023
A few years, the Hallmark Channel got the memo that there are other holidays in December besides Christmas and wrote several Chanukkah-themed movies. In 2022, the channel offered up Hanukkah […]
December 6, 2023
Cramming bits of 14 Taylor Swift hits into nearly four and a half minutes, New York Jewish a capella group Six13 released their new Hanukkah parody, “Era-lution of Taylor Swift […]
December 6, 2023
A comedian for more than a quarter century, Gary Gulman is, in the parlance of his Boston peoples, wicked hilarious. Years ago I got to see him do a set […]
November 30, 2023
Minneapolis native Leslie Fhima made it to the final two of “The Golden Bachelor,” but ultimately wasn’t chosen by Gerry Turner in the finale episode that aired Thursday night. Turner […]
November 24, 2023
In a majority of the artworks in “Lest We Forget,” Minnesota textile artist Sandra A. Brick wanted to feature yellow. In the recess behind a picture frame, Brick paints a […]
November 22, 2023
If ever there was a relationship that was the poster child for #ItsComplicated, it was the one between conductor, composer and music educator Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) and his wife, […]
November 14, 2023
Despite my lifelong interest in movies and earning a degree in Studies in Cinema/Media Culture at the University of Minnesota, I had never attended a film festival before. After attending […]
November 13, 2023
On Nov. 1, Beth El Synagogue hosted the Borscht Belt Cabaret as part of its Beth El Music & Arts (BEMA) series, with performances from Ben Tisser, Talya Smilowitz, Hershel […]
November 13, 2023
Peter Grendle comes to the Minnesota JCC to be the new senior director of Jewish arts and culture with a career working in film – helpful as the Twin Cities […]
October 31, 2023
Isadore Blumenfeld, better known as Kid Cann (a nickname he hated), was the “closest thing Minnesota had to a godfather.” The Romanian-Jewish immigrant rose to infamy in Minneapolis during Prohibition, […]