by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Dec 4, 2019 | Arts & Life, Books
Author and sports journalist Mitch Albom is best known for his 1997 memoir, “Tuesdays with Morrie” (Broadway Books). Albom’s new memoir, “Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake and the Making of a Family”(Harper), tells the true story of a young Haitian orphan... read more
by Ronnie Fein | Dec 2, 2019 | Arts & Life, Food
This article originally appeared on The Nosher. Back in the 1980s, when polenta was the hot new item on restaurant menus, I was eager to try it. I knew it was a traditional Italian dish, but it was foreign to everyone else, including me. I bought a package of... read more
by Emily Burack | Nov 27, 2019 | Arts & Life, Film & TV, Performing Arts, Visual Arts
Like me, actress, comedian and author Tiffany Haddish will celebrate her bat mitzvah in December. But that’s where the similarities end between our coming-of-age ceremonies. Mine was on the eve of my 13th birthday in the suburbs of New York City, while Haddish’s will... read more
by JTA | Nov 27, 2019 | Arts & Life
By Jake Emen I’m lying on my side on the first floor of a nondescript, low-rise residential tower in Tokyo, meditating on the fact that pain is finite. There’s an odd sound in the air, reminiscent of blunt-edged safety scissors cutting into thick construction paper.... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Nov 25, 2019 | Arts & Life, Music, The Arts
Dr. Jonathan S. Leshnoff, a local composer and pedagogue, was nominated Nov. 20 for a 2019 Grammy Award in the Best Classical Compendium category for “Symphony No. 4: Heichalos.” The CD was released by Chandos Records last May in honor of Yom HaShoah, or... read more
by Ronnie Fein | Nov 25, 2019 | Arts & Life, Food
This story originally appeared on The Nosher. Back in the day, by which I mean the 1950s, before all of us started counting cholesterol and Ashkenazi Jews still feasted regularly on hot dogs and pastrami, my family was devoted to Isaac Gellis deli, founded by the... 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
by Ron Snyder | Nov 22, 2019 | Art, Arts & Life
To many people who visit the Live! Casino and Hotel, the experience represents an opportunity to simply kick back and enjoy, do some gambling, eat delicious food and catch a live entertainment act. But Suzi Cordish has spent years working to make such visits more than... read more
by Ron Kampeas, JTA | Nov 20, 2019 | Arts & Life, Music
The son of celebrated Canadian poet-singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen is releasing a new album of his late father’s music. The album, titled “Thanks for the Dance,” is largely a meditation on Cohen’s old standbys of spirituality, sexuality, politics and mortality. It is... read more
by Randi Rom | Nov 20, 2019 | Arts & Life, Food, Recipes, Soup
After Chef Riccardo Bosio graduated from the Instituto Professionale Alberghiera di State in San Pellegrino Terme, Italy at age 16, he went to work at the Michelin-starred restaurant Le Gavroche in London, England. By the time he was 17, Bosio was an executive chef on... read more
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