The Arts
by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Apr 30, 2020 | Arts & Life, Israel, The Arts
“Yom huledet sameach!” exclaimed American actor Joshua Malina, wishing the state of Israel a happy birthday in Hebrew. “Seventy-two — eze yofi [how great]! If you ask me, you don’t look a day over 70.” Malina joined fellow actors Shira Haas and Ben Platt, as... read more
by Staff Report | Apr 27, 2020 | Arts & Life, Fun, The Arts, Visual Arts
It’s now known as the Nancy S. Grasmick Building in honor of the former superintendent of the Maryland State Department of Education. But for generations, the edifice at the corner of West Baltimore and Liberty streets was known as the Baltimore Bargain House.... read more
by Ron Kampeas, JTA | Apr 14, 2020 | Arts & Life, Film & TV, Fun, Passover, Performing Arts, The Arts, Visual Arts
With its glittering in-gathering of celebrities, jokes that worked and attendees who could, well, actually sing, it was the Zoom seder you wished you had. The “Saturday Night Seder” that aired last Saturday night, Apr. 11, on YouTube on the fourth night of... read more
by Lior Zaltzman, JTA | Mar 30, 2020 | Art, Arts & Life, Film & TV, Food & Entertainment During The Pandemic, The Arts, Visual Arts
Back in 2012, when Deborah Feldman’s memoir “Unorthodox” came out, several people recommended I read this bestselling tale about a young woman leaving the Satmar Chasidic sect. I didn’t follow their advice, but I absolutely should have. It’s an important and... read more
by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Mar 27, 2020 | Art, Arts & Life, Food & Entertainment During The Pandemic, Performing Arts, The Arts, Visual Arts
“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.” –Twyla Tharp, dancer, choreographer and author Since Gov. Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency in Maryland on Mar. 5, theatrical productions, concerts, book talks and exhibition openings around the... read more
by Aliza Friedlander | Mar 25, 2020 | Arts & Life, Food & Entertainment During The Pandemic, Music, The Arts
It takes less than a minute of listening to Max Schwartz Bent’s new podcast, “Sound Tales,” to recognize his immense talent. What started as an experiment for Bent, a musician and beat boxer, has become a tapestry of stories, songs and sounds created only with... read more
by Peter Arnold | Mar 24, 2020 | Arts & Life, Books, The Arts
In some ways, Jeffrey Kluger’s newest book, “Raise Your Voice: 12 Protests that Shaped America,” couldn’t come at a better time. With the challenges facing the United States and world right now with the coronavirus outbreak, young people desperately need heroes, a... read more
by Stephen Silver | Mar 17, 2020 | Arts & Life, Books, The Arts
In the early 2000s, director and cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld got into a shouting match with Larry David at a hotel breakfast in New York. Donald Trump was in the room, too. The topic of the argument? Who was more neurotic. “As a Jew, you want to be No. 1,”... read more
by Curt Schleier, JTA | Mar 16, 2020 | Art, Arts & Life, The Arts, Visual Arts
David Simon originally read Philip Roth’s “The Plot Against America” around the time the novel was released in 2004. An alternate history, the book posits that Charles Lindbergh defeated Franklin Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election, signed a non-aggression... read more
by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Mar 10, 2020 | Arts & Life, Books, The Arts
(Editor’s Note: This event has been cancelled by its organizers due to the coronavirus situation. The Soul Center hopes to present Lori Gottlieb’s talk virtually in the future.) If you’re in therapy, maybe you’ve wondered how your therapist really feels about... read more
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