Tess Cutler
Melissa Manchester sheds ‘Light’ on the songwriting process
December 21, 2016
Melissa Manchester sure knows how to write a song.
Chanukah show adds Jewish flavor to ‘Nutcracker’
December 16, 2016
Tchaikovsky ain’t got nothing on “The MeshugaNutcracker,” a Chanukah-fied rendition of the holiday classic, running Dec. 17 to Jan. 1 in Gindi Auditorium at American Jewish University in Los Angeles.
Musical rendition of Sim Shalom to spread peace
November 30, 2016
Sim Shalom, the prayer for peace traditionally recited at the end of the Amidah in most Jewish prayer services, will get a new interpretation when it is performed at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in West Hollywood on Dec. 4 during the Hollywood Master Chorale’s annual holiday concert, “Anticipate!”
Jackie Hoffman gets her Scrooge on in ‘Chanukah Charol’
November 22, 2016
Bach! Chumbug!
Jackie Hoffman has got the guttural “ch” sound down like nobody’s business.
Jewish artists’ intertwined roots, identity on display
November 18, 2016
“You have his nose,” said a man I’ve never met before, pointing to a photo of Theodor Herzl displayed on the wall.
Sending a clear message against gun violence
September 28, 2016
When the organizers of the “Concert Across America to End Gun Violence” decided they needed to shout their message from the rooftops of Los Angeles on Sept. 25, they took things pretty literally.
Doctor’s gift adds new flavor to USC art museum
September 7, 2016
Perhaps it was Dr. Eugene Rogolsky’s belief in the Hippocratic oath that he accepted in medical school. Or maybe it was because he learned from his parents — two Jewish immigrants from Poland who raised four kids during the Great Depression — to never give up.
Ringling Bros. Circus has been a Feld family affair for three generations
July 21, 2016
As a trapeze artist flipped overhead, a mother in the audience gasped, squeezing her 3-month-old infant tight.
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