Drake named his new Toronto club after his Jewish grandparents
Jewish artist Drake already has a reputation for being hip hop’s most sensitive rapper.
Jewish artist Drake already has a reputation for being hip hop’s most sensitive rapper.
Ed Pearl, 70, silver-haired and feisty, will forever be associated with the Ash Grove, the folk club he opened 50 years ago with a $5,000 investment, despite the fact that the venue\’s been closed for a quarter century.
\”My life,\” Pearl said, \”has been a series of fortuitous accidents. And,\” he ruefully adds, \”not-so fortuitous.\”
I met Oren after watching \”Kol Nidrei,\” a new play by Israeli playwright Yehoshua Sobol. The play is about Charedi (ultra-Orthodox) Jews who lead double lives — as Bnei Brak yeshiva bochers by day and Tel Aviv bar-hoppers by Friday night.