by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Feb 12, 2020 | Arts & Life, Music
Sammy Miller and his girlfriend, Misha, grew up in vastly different cultures. Miller was raised Jewish in suburban Los Angeles, while Misha was raised Muslim in Karachi, Pakistan, and moved to the United States when she was 12. Miller also happens to be a musician, a... read more
by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Dec 24, 2019 | Arts & Life, Music
A few years ago, jazz guitarist Peter Curtis was rehearsing for a Christmas concert that involved a choir, but he needed to find a song to play for a solo interlude. Curtis, who is Jewish and based in Southern California, was far from a Christmas song connoisseur, so... read more
by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Dec 16, 2019 | Arts & Life, Food
If you’re part of a Jewish family in the United States, there’s a decent chance you grew up in the vicinity of a Joan Nathan cookbook. Her many books, like “Jewish Cooking in America,” have been staples of the American Jewish experience for decades. Nathan, 76, was... read more
by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Dec 9, 2019 | Art, Arts & Life, Film & TV, Fun, Performing Arts
The 2019 Golden Globe nominees were announced Monday morning, Dec. 9, and the film “Marriage Story,” written and directed by Noah Baumbach, leads the pack with several nominations. Here is a roundup of Jews and Jewish productions that were nominated: “Marriage Story”... read more
by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Nov 22, 2019 | Art, Arts & Life, Music, Performing Arts, The Arts
Love him or hate him, rapper Kanye West has done nothing if not evolve over the course of his career. He has cycled through mainstream hip-hop, auto-tuned singing, soulful sampling, epic egotistical commentary and — as he would happily tell... read more
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