Culture

Business

Stuart Weitzman's Cutting-Wedge Talent

Music

Alicia Keys Unlocks Groundswell of Jewish Support

Theater

Delia Ephron's Closet Case Histories

Israel

Barbra Streisand Strikes a Chord in Israel

Food

A Luncheon on the Grass

Music

Exporter Is Hot Stuff on French Music Scene

Food

Hope This Rubs You the Right Way

The rhubarb, that is!

By:

Eileen Goltz, JE Feature

When a friend and her daughter came for a visit toting a plate of rhubarb and strawberry bars, you'd have thought that my son would have had a little more tact before digging in and stuffing his mouth with three pieces at once and proclaiming in a tone loud enough for the neighbors to hear: "Wow mom, these are amazing!...

Music

We Are the World, We Are Israeli ...

Idan Raichel Project to bring fusion to Sunday's 62nd birthday party

By:

Michael Elkin

The Ashkenazi Lawrence Welk? Don't mean to burst your bubble, Idan Raichel, but how could such a cool kid commit to an accordion to start his iconoclastic climb up rock's rocky highway? "It helped keep my eyes and ears open to sounds all over the world," says the now 32-year-old sabra from Kfar Saba, so far away from those early...

Books

'The True Poison: Art or Life?'

A volume of poems that examines this question, and a host of related ones

By:

Robert Leiter

Turtle Point Press, which I discussed at considerable length in this space several years ago, continues to be a plucky independent publishing venture, one that proceeds at its own pace, follows its own quirky vision and always manages to surprise alert readers with the titles it puts out. Turtle Point is a remarkably small operation run out of a one-room...

Arts

American Smartie

Rebecca Naomi Jones jolts Green Day's rock opera

By:

Michael Elkin

"Whatsername" is making a name for herself. Even as her character is relegated to the nameless, faceless fast crowd strung out on struggles, Rebecca Naomi Jones has the jones for what she is doing -- and what she does is spark "American Idiot" into the stellar stage of brilliant rock opera for which even "Tommy" would have left his pinball...

Books

Brand X for Excellence?

Daymond John doesn't have a tiger in his tank ... more like a shark

By:

Michael Elkin

He brandishes the concept of branding like an Excalibur of excellence, unsheathing an unbelievable track record in business that has had competition kneeling, caught in a benighted comparison. King Arthur of the artful advertiser? This is one business behemoth you want around any table: advising, admonishing, suggesting -- winning. Daymond John's résumé resumes with a powerful announcement after a lull...