Category Arts & Culture

Jewish Poland in 1932

photo - This photo, called “Generations,” was taken by Tim Gidal in Tel Aviv in 1935

This photo, called “Generations,” was taken by Tim Gidal in Tel Aviv in 1935. (courtesy Zack Gallery) The current show at the Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, Invisible Curtain: The 1932 Polish Photographs of Nachum Tim Gidal, was organized in…

Gidal’s photos speak volumes

image - Memories of Jewish Poland: The 1932 Photographs of Nachum Tim Gidal book cover

The book Memories of Jewish Poland: The 1932 Photographs of Nachum Tim Gidal lets the photos do most of the talking. And they speak strongly and with passion of a lively, bustling and diverse community, the vast majority of whom…

Interview insightful, fun

photo - Israeli writer Eshkol Nevo, whose latest novel is The Last Interview, opens the JCC Jewish Book Festival Feb. 20

Israeli writer Eshkol Nevo, whose latest novel is The Last Interview, opens the JCC Jewish Book Festival Feb. 20. (photo from JBF) This year’s Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival opens online Feb. 20, with Israeli writer Eshkol Nevo, whose…

Fairy tales still relevant

photo - Jack Zipes gives the lecture Resurrecting Dead Fairy Tales on Facebook Feb. 17

Jack Zipes gives the lecture Resurrecting Dead Fairy Tales on Facebook Feb. 17. (photo from MISCELLANEOUS Productions) Some fairy tales are timeless in that they still have lessons to impart. For example, The Pied Piper, a story dating back to…

Hope amid challenges

image - Out of the Dark book cover cropped

Lillian Boraks-Nemetz’s latest collection of poems offers comfort, even though she does not shy away from the tragedy of her Holocaust experience and ever-present memories of that period. From the very title, Out of the Dark, she gives hope. If…

craigslist cantata returns

photo - Josh Epstein and Amanda Sum in do you want what i have got? a craigslist cantata, written by Veda Hille, Bill Richardson and Amiel Gladstone, and presented by the Cultch and Musical Stage Company

Josh Epstein and Amanda Sum in do you want what i have got? a craigslist cantata, written by Veda Hille, Bill Richardson and Amiel Gladstone, and presented by the Cultch and Musical Stage Company. (photo by Emily Cooper) Welcome back…

A moving documentary

photo - A scene from the documentary Martha, in which director Daniel Schubert is given a more appropriate shirt by his grandmother, Martha Katz

A scene from the documentary Martha, in which director Daniel Schubert is given a more appropriate shirt by his grandmother, Martha Katz. (Courtesy NFB) Two very different scenes in the National Film Board of Canada’s short documentary film Martha –…

Graveyards and Gardens premières

photo - On Jan. 28 and 29, Music on Main hosts the world première livestream of Graveyards and Gardens

(photo from Music on Main) On Jan. 28 and 29, Music on Main hosts the world première livestream of Graveyards and Gardens, co-created and co-produced by Caroline Shaw (composer and recorded sound) and Vanessa Goodman (choreographer). A PuSh Festival Partner…

More than meets eye

photo - Catalina Beraducci plays Noemí Goldberg in the Topic film Noemí Gold

Catalina Beraducci plays Noemí Goldberg in the Topic film Noemí Gold. (photo from Topic) For his first feature film, writer and director Dan Rubenstein has done well. Noemí Gold, which is currently streaming exclusively on Topic, is a quietly engaging…

Christmas Carol goes online

photo - David Adams as Scrooge and Scotia Browner as Tiny Tim in Metro Theatre’s production of A Christmas Carol – The Radio Play

David Adams as Scrooge and Scotia Browner as Tiny Tim in Metro Theatre’s production of A Christmas Carol – The Radio Play. (photo by Nicol Spinola) Metro Theatre was all set to provide socially distanced, safety-first live performances of A…