By ALAN SMASON, Theatre critic for WYES-TV’s “Steppin’ Out”
The period of the early rock and roll era of the 1950s and early 1960s may have been the most prolific for Jewish songwriting couples. Aside from male writing teams like...
Artist Alan Gerson, whose creative work has been featured at the New Orleans Museum of Art, shown at local art galleries and whose illustrations graced his mother Sylvia Gerson’s and Mildred Covert’s many published Jewish cookbooks, is taking part in...
Eli Wallach, a noted actor whose work on Broadway catapulted him into a longtime film career, died today at the age of 97, according to news reports that quoted his daughter.
Wallach made his career playing heavies, usually portraying secondary...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones celebrated the bar mitzvah of their son in Jerusalem.The Hollywood power couple arrived in Israel on Thursday for the weekend bar mitzvah of Dylan Michael Douglas, Ynet reported.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Lady Gaga will bring her world tour to Tel Aviv.
The Grammy Award-winning singer will perform at Yarkon Park on Sept. 13, her producers announced Sunday. The appearance, the provocative musician’s second in Israel, is part of...
BOSTON (JTA) — “Delicious Peace,” a CD of original Ugandan songs produced by the longtime Hillel director at Tufts University, won best world traditional album at the Independent Music Awards.
The CD produced by Rabbi Jeffrey Summit, an ethnomusicologist and...
