Old time music meets Jewish heritage
Nefesh Mountain is described as the place where American bluegrass and old-time music meet with Jewish heritage and tradition.
Singer Doni Zasloff with her husband,...
Burt Bacharach, sophisticated Jewish hitmaker of the ’60s and ’70s, dies at 94
Andrew Silow-Carroll | JTA
Songwriter Burt Bacharach, who with his longtime lyricist Hal David turned out a string of hits in the 1960s and ’70s...
Late Winter Arts Preview
Escape the winter weather with these bright performances and activities. All around the Washington area, organizations are hosting Jewish arts events varying from film...
Sasha Olinick finds connections between his theater work and Judaism
Takoma Park-based actor Sasha Olinick finds his work in the rehearsal room and on stage has deep connections to his Judaism.
“The idea of storytelling...
Apples to Apples
Review
“Temptation Transformed: The Story of How the Forbidden Fruit Became an Apple” by Azzan Yadin-Israel. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2022. 181 pages....
2022 was a big year for Jews in the arts
By Andrew Lapin | JTA
Once more for the record, Dave Chappelle: Jews don’t really run Hollywood. But anyone paying attention in 2022 saw a...
Longtime Northern Virginia residents Susan and Shawn Dilles counter conventional wisdom in new book
Before Susan and Shawn Dilles moved to the Washington area in the 1980s, a relative gave them a piece of advice.
“Jews don’t go to...
How Jews became white
Review
“Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities”
by Emily Tamkin. New York: HarperCollins, 2022.
256 pages | $28.99.
In her introduction, author Emily...
Raskin, Tannen speak at Beth El in Alexandria
As lead impeachment manager, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) headed the effort to convict President Donald Trump in his second Senate trial.
That 2021 impeachment, like...
What’s so funny about antisemitism?
Alex Edelman is tired. He just flew home to New York on a red-eye. About halfway through a recent Zoom conversation, he pulled out...
