March 22, 2024
Excerpted from the “The Jewish Holiday Table” by Naama Shefi and the Jewish Food Society (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2024. Many Purim sweets, like hamantaschen, are shaped to represent the […]
March 22, 2024
The Jewish Holiday Table’s arrival this month is perfectly timed, just as Jewish people around the world will don costumes and shake their groggers on Purim, and who doesn’t need […]
March 21, 2024
This year, one passage in the Book of Esther is particularly poignant. Before Haman could carry out his deadly plot to “destroy, massacre, and exterminate the Jews, young and old, […]
March 20, 2024
Jake Shulman-Ment, one the pre-eminent klezmer fiddle players touring today, hasn’t played with roots musician Laurel Premo often. But it was enough to know that the two of them should […]
March 18, 2024
Sharyn Jackson’s introduction to working in restaurants came in a high-pressure, celebrity restaurant in New York. But once she decided to focus full-time on journalism, she got the opportunity to […]
March 15, 2024
Note: This piece originally appeared on Oyer.fm, the author’s Substack on Jewish music. Subscribe to the newsletter! Sarah Larsson is a staple not only of Minnesota’s Jewish music community but […]
March 13, 2024
If there were two things a stranger was to learn about me very fast it would be this: I’m a life-long vegetarian and I’m Jewish. As a result of these […]
March 7, 2024
There were a lot of firsts for me at First Avenue on Wednesday night. I was there to see Matisyahu – the very Jewish and very pro-Israel musician – who […]
March 7, 2024
In the storied list of William Shakespeare’s characters, Shylock in The Merchant of Venice proved to be among the most controversial. The play, written around 423 years, ends with Shylock, […]
February 26, 2024
Shana Eisenberg has performed in musicals with theater companies and been a songleader at JCC and synagogue early childhood centers across the Twin Cities. But in her debut with Six […]