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A 'Magic' Premiere Fulfills Cheltenham Teen's Dying Wish

Arts

Musical Memorial to Prewar Book Burning

Film & Television

Baumbach in a New York State of Mind

Food

Another U.S.-Israel Connection: Barbecue!

Music

David Broza: This Concert Will Be Good

Film & Television

'Where's Your Moses Now'?

In Hollywood, as author/First Person Festival star moves from 'Bible' to the big screen

By:

Michael Elkin

When walking in the shoes of the fisherman, how does A.J. Jacobs know they're the same size? And what does he do with the sand and stones in the sandals? The writer ponders the pebbles as possibilities, not problems: "Sometimes, it's good if you have the sand stay in there." He should know. He's wiping the floor with his Florsheims,...

Film & Television

It's The New 'Beat' Generation!

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Michael Elkin

Come Thanksgiving, no one will beat Shayna Rose to the drumsticks. How could they? She's been twirling and handling them spectacularly already as Marina, the dreamboat/drummer/ heartbeat of "The Fresh Beat Band," the rockin' role she has on Nickelodeon's niche program for musical newbies. A series that attracts minions from the mini-crowd ... the "Band" plays to the preschool set;...

Books

For the Love of Music

The story of survivor Lev Aronson and his beloved cello

By:

Robert Leiter

SPEAKING VOLUMES The Lost Cellos of Lev Aronson . It sounds like the title of one of those wistful, purposely sentimental novels that seem to be pouring out of publishing houses by the barrel-full these days. But, in reality, the work, written by poet Frances Brent, is another heartbreaking Holocaust tale, this time about a real artist who was brutalized...

Food

Savoring That Citrusy Cilantro

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Rivka Tal, JE Feature

Cilantro is quite popular in Israel, and all over the Middle East and North Africa. It's part and parcel of Tex-Mex, Thai and Indian traditional cooking as well. But it's one of those things in the food world: You either love those pungent, sage-citrusy-tasting leaves or you hate them. It seems that there's very little middle ground. Scientists explain that...

Books

Captured on Film ...

By:

Robert Leiter

SPEAKING VOLUMES The deep divide between the East and West Coast artistic communities was an undeniable fact of 20th-century creative life in America and was apparent in the realm of literature -- poetry, especially -- and was also at play in the field of photography. Alfred Stieglitz was likely the pinnacle of the Eastern establishment, while someone like Edward Weston...