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

Headed Due North, Seeking Comfort and Cuisine

By:

Ethel Hofman, JE Feature

THE JEWISH KITCHEN On a sunny afternoon this past summer, a group of us climbed into a minivan to search for culture, cuisine, and "bed and breakfasts." Our route took us up north through New York's Finger Lakes region, then on to Stratford, Ontario, followed by a trip south to Pennsylvania's own "Grand Canyon." B&B's have become the ultimate boutique...

Film & Television

If You Knew Susie ...

Better yet, if you knew what she would say, give a listen

By:

Michael Elkin

Is Susie Green ... cursed? She's got a successful -- if philandering, frumpy -- husband; a gorgeous Hollywood Hills home -- maybe a bit too close to the noxious next door neighbor; and a sense of fashion that a lion would envy if he ever ran out of bold stripes. How could she be cursed? "Not cursed, you m#$**&!!$ idiot;...

Music

The Gospel According to Neshama

Carlebach, the daughter, will bring her inspired sound to the area

By:

Marsha Bryan Edelman, JE Feature

Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach began singing in the 1950s, and throughout the latter decades of the 20th century, achieved renown as a performer and as the composer of countless melodies that have entered the popular vernacular. His "Am Yisrael Chai" was an anthem that galvanized the movement to free Soviet Jewry; "Od Yishama" and "Ki Va Moed" have become staples at...

Film & Television

It's The New 'Beat' Generation!

By:

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...