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Arts and Culture

Jack Klugman, TV icon and acting legend dies at 90

Jack Klugman, an actor who found fame as the star of two different and long-running TV series – “The Odd Couple” and “Quincy, M.E.” – died December 24, according to his son Adam. He was 90. Klugman, was visiting his...

Honey Boo Boo backs Israel, Lena Dunham book leak, modern day Seinfeld

By SIX DEGREES (NO BACON) STAFF

NEW YORK (6NoBacon) — Are Israel’s recent publicity problems finally over? Or did they just get worse? In the wake of the vote granting the Palestinians upgraded status at the United Nations, and just days...

For Jewish Deadheads, the music plays on

By CHAVIE LIEBER

FALLS VILLAGE, CT. (JTA) — As a gentle snow fell on the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center last Friday evening, some 85 people gathered inside a wooden lodge to welcome Shabbat — half in a meditation circle...

Bialik divorcing, Apatow gets ‘Simpsons’ spot, other news

By SIX DEGREES (NO BACON) STAFF

NEW YORK (6NoBacon) — On Thanksgiving, a day that Americans celebrate with family, and friends Big Bang Theory” star Mayim Bialik took to her Kveller blog to say she’s divorcing her husband, Michael Stone,...

Rosenzweig program of acoustic, electronic music to bow Sunday

A program of acoustic and electronics works by New Orleans native Morris Rosenzweig, will be presented as this Sunday’s entry in the Trinity Artists Performance series at Trinity Church, 1329 Jackson Avenue. Rosenzweig, a distinguished professor of composition at the...

British superstar Alex Clare balances stardom and Orthodoxy

NEW YORK (JTA) — Alex Clare is really just a nice Jewish boy. Sure, his hit “Too Close” is currently the seventh most popular song in the United States, his music video has garnered more than 18 million hits on YouTube and he...

Artist Anna Gil to unveil ‘Letters of Light’

By ALAN SMASON

Anna Gil is an extraordinary artist whose works on canvas can absolutely be called divinely inspired and mystical. A striking brunette with piercing eyes and a Mona Lisa smile that beguiles her talent with a paintbrush, she...

Israel Philharmonic embarks on whirlwind tour, makes NY debut of Holocaust work

By TOM TUGEND

LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Few can chronicle the changes in the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra better than Gabriel Vole, a veteran double bass player. Vole represents the third generation of his family to perform with the orchestra. His maternal...

Jerusalem Quartet marked New Orleans debut Wednesday night

By ALAN SMASON, Portions courtesy The Cleveland Jewish News

At age 33, Kyril Zlotnikov considers himself very lucky. He has lived through the devastating effects of the worst nuclear plant disaster in history, immigrated to Israel while barely in his...

Grouplove’s Ryan Rabin: strings, sticks and synergy

By ELYSE GLICKMAN (Special to the CCJN)

This past April, at Santa Barbara’s Lobero Theater, a few hours from the Hollywood Hills home where Ryan Rabin grew up, a crowd of teen and 20-something fans of his band Grouplove cheered...