fbpx

GET HOME DELIVERY! CLICK HERE »

ADVERTISE
pick up locations
HOME DELIVERY
donate

Jewish Journal

Connect. Inform. Inspire.

Category

Music

A friend remembers culture booster John Rauch

Rhoda Weisman Uzie September 14, 2006

John Rauch, the founder of The Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity, whose recent death at the age of 75 is a blow to the Los Angeles Jewish cultural scene; Barbara \”Bobbi\” Asimow died Aug. 22 of cancer at 63.

Russian Singer Goes From Defector to Cantor

Roberto Loiederman September 7, 2006

Ever since she was a little girl, Portnyansky dreamed of coming to the United States. \”My parents used to get a magazine called Amerika. It had photos and articles about the U.S. In my mind I was already there, from the first grade.\” The opportunity came in 1991, during the last throes of the Soviet Union: She received an invitation from the U.S government to do a concert tour.

Mendelsohn — Better Than Beethoven!

Keren Engelberg September 7, 2006

This week: Syzygy Theatre Group stages Lanford Wilson\’s Pulitzer-winning \”Talley\’s Folly\”; celebrated composer Felix Mendelsohn receives the ultimate compliment in the new play, \”Better Than Beethoven,\” as well as center stage; a special screening of the new documentary, \”Out of Faith,\” takes place today only at Laemmle Sunset 5; big name comedians donate stage time to raise money for The Federation\’s children\’s literacy program, KOREH L.A.; fine art and contemporary crafts can be found all weekend long at the inaugural Santa Monica Arts Festival.

Versatile Israeli Violinist Gains ‘Dream’ Hip-Hop Hit

Loolwa Khazzoom August 31, 2006

For Israeli violinist Miri Ben-Ari, doing the unexpected is standard fodder; so it should come as no surprise that her new single, \”Symphony of Brotherhood\” (featuring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.\’s \”I Have a Dream\” speech weaving in and out of an extended string solo) topped the charts just one month after its radio release.

New Articles

More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.