156 stories from Washington Jewish Week
Peggy Pearlstein, head of the Hebraic Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division, shares some of her favorite items from the library's exhibition, Words Like Sapphires: 100 Years of …
Book Lovers' and Book Club Night is a big part of the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia's Jewish Book Festival.
Rather than beginning the 43rd annual Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington (JCCGW) book festival with a book presentation, the festival program takes us to the J's exercise mats for…
Rabbi Andrew Hahn, also known as the Kirtan rabbi or Reb Drew, will be speaking and performing as the weekend scholar-in-residence at Columbia's Beth Shalom Congregation Nov. 2-3.
Ask David Broza if he's a wanderer and his rejoinder is quick, concise: "Why even ask?" These days the multiplatinum recording artist divides his time between homes in New York and Tel Aviv,…
In the territory of the so-called blood lands - that unwelcoming region of Europe between 1933 and 1945 that included Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and the Baltic states - truth and histo…
When Laurie Rubin steps on stage, she becomes the character she is portraying.
The Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival runs Oct. 14-24. Events take place at the Washington DCJCC unless otherwise noted. For information, go to dcjcc.org or call 202-518-94…
With 17 best-selling authors appearing over the course of 10 days, this year's Washington, DCJCC's Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival is a veritable "feast for the mind," sa…
Orli Shaham is running late. When she picks up the phone, she apologizes. "I was attending my first PTA meeting," she explained. "It's democracy in action: everybody needs to have their say.…
Great guitar players don't always play rock 'n' roll or jazz.
From his vantage point in south Florida, writer Denis Brian says he hears little of "how supportive President Obama has been to Israel. Every one of his statements, votes and positions has b…
When Andy Statman began exploring klezmer music in the early 1970s, the Old World form was very nearly extinct.
Perhaps it's his Iron City roots, but Stephen Chbosky evinces no symptoms of the Hollywood curses of credit hogging and self-aggrandizement.
Growing up in New York, like virtually every other kid, Jamie Bernstein took piano lessons. And like most kids, she hated to practice. Surprisingly, her parents didn't harangue her about it.…
Kayla Taitz, aspiring artist and junior at the University of Maryland, College Park, got the news of a lifetime this summer when she won the Opportunity Rocks contest sponsored by E! Enterta…
In the wasteland of network television - where reality TV trumps real life and heinous crimes get solved in 44 minutes plus commercials - performing artist Yuval David has found a way to fee…
It's "Body Awareness Week" at fictional Shirley State College in the made-up town of Shirley, nestled in ever so politically correct Vermont.
Shira Kobren fell in love with performing at the age of seven while playing the role of Gretel in The Sound of Music at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, which she attended for 12 year…
Hadassah is 100. In celebration of that anniversary, Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, has compiled a commemorative book that recounts stories of lives touched by the or…
Mickey Katz is much more than just the father of entertainer Joel Grey and the grandfather of actress Jennifer Grey.
Batmanians, or Batman fans, know that Bob Kane "co-created" the Caped Crusader, even though Bob Kane's name is pasted everywhere as the sole creator of the Dark Knight - on the comics, the m…
The award winning Israeli television drama, Hatufim (translated as prisoners of war) is now available on the popular site, Hulu, with a new episode uploaded every Saturday. Directed by Gideo…
