Arts

The stages may be closed, but the show must go on. Two theatrical productions from members of Philadelphia’s Jewish community are set to premiere this...

It’s been said the very best comedians are those for whom comedy is a compulsion, those who’d have a near-impossible time doing anything else....

By Babette Dunkelgrün In Season 2 of the Hulu comedy “Shrill,” based on the book by Lindy West, there’s a restaurant scene in which the...

“Oh my God,” Judith Weisman said, partly with mild irritation but mostly good-humored resignation. “There is no more room in this house for any...

She’s the silver vixen of the stand-up — the comedic grandmother audiences wished they had. “They used to say mother,” Natalie K. Levant laments. While others...

“Exile Music” Jennifer Steil Viking Perhaps it’s obvious, given the title, that Jennifer Steil’s “Exile Music” takes quite seriously the human experience of music. It’s less obvious, but...

“Wandering Dixie: Dispatches from the Lost Jewish South” Sue Eisenfeld The Ohio State University Press Sue Eisenfeld had no idea Jewish Confederate soldiers existed until she stumbled...

For Michael Bihovsky, it started with posting jokes to Facebook. From there, he graduated to streaming piano concerts on Facebook Live. Eventually, the Wynnewood-based musician-writer-performer...

With “Naked Lore,” Ben Holmes’ third album as a leader, the trumpeter decided to devote himself to exploring what makes Jewish music sound Jewish. The...

Robert Malissa, 60, was making magic on a street corner in Phoenixville. It was a First Friday, and Malissa had a pretty good rhythm...