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<i>"Shadowscape VI" by Ruth Levine</i>
Three Jewish women showcased at Westmoreland art exhibit
Three Jewish artists are being featured at a “pop-up” show at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg. The show opens Wednesday, March 6, and runs through Sunday, March 31. Ruth Levin...
Mar 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Eddie Rosenstein uses humor to make very real, serious films
How did a nice Jewish boy from Squirrel Hill end up in an East Harlem drug rehabilitation center? Fortunately, for Eddie Rosenstein, it wasn’t for treatment, but it was to create the award-winning ...
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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More finalists from CMU named for March 21 Campus Superstar finale
Three more finalists have been named in the 2013 “Campus Superstar” competition. They are among the 10 finalists who will vie for a $5,000 grand prize Thursday, March 21, at Carnegie Music Hall in ...
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Alan Olifson, who hosts “The Moth” at the Rex Theater, South Side, finds plenty of work in Pittsburgh for a Jewish stand up comic. (Photo courtesy of Alan Olifson)</i>
Pittsburgh comedian leaves them in stitches at The Moth
No joke: Alan Olifson moved from Los Angeles to Pittsburgh about two years ago so he would have more opportunities to perform comedy. As it turned out, he was right. Olifson, who hosts The Moth’s m...
Mar 04, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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An exhibit on Rembrandt, Jews and Jesus
by Robin Cembalest
Tablet
Aug 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
NEW YORK — Like so many other aspects of his life and work, Rembrandt’s connection to the Jews has been sentimentalized, overestimated, misappropriated, criticized, dissected — and debunked. In rec...
Are you ready?
Aug 09, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
A music video showcasing Emma Kaufmann Camp, the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh's overnight camp in Morgantown, West Virginia, topped 6,500 views on YouTube less than three days afte...
Grade’s novel a stark look at divisiveness over religious issues
by Hilary Daninhirsch
Chronicle Correspondent
Aug 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
(Editor’s note: “Retro Reviews,” is a yearlong series in which Chronicle Correspondent Hilary Daninhirsch will review Jewish-themed books that have been out of print for decades, or perhaps remain...
Harris’ ‘Dreyfus’ may be best book yet of infamous incident
by Neal Gendler
For the Chronicle
Jul 29, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
The conviction of Alfred Dreyfus was so outrageous that it polarized France and indirectly led to the rebirth of Jewish nationhood. In her new book, “Dreyfus: Politics, Emotion and the Scandal of t...
Jewish duo energizes hip-hop scene
by Justin Jacobs
Associate Editor
Jul 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
Some of the most cutting edge dance music this year is coming from Pittsburgh, and its creators are two self-proclaimed mensches. Isaac “B-Tips” Goldszer and Danny “Longarms” Lanoff met last year ...
Patriot games: Is Captain America too American?
by Simcha Weinstein
JTA
Jul 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
NEW YORK -- In March 1941 -- nine months before the attack on Pearl Harbor impelled America to enter the Second World War -- one colorful American hero already had joined the battle: Captain Americ...
Yes or no: Will Youkilis play on Yom Kippur?
by Jon Marks
Jewish Exponent
Jul 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
PHILADELPHIA — Kevin Youkilis says he truly doesn’t know what he would do if faced with the same dilemma as Hank Greenberg, Sandy Koufax and Shawn Green. What if the Boston Red Sox are scheduled fo...
Top Jewish pick in 2011 baseball draft, Linsky may pass Sherry mark
by Jonathan Mayo
Jul 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
Gerrit Cole, the Pirates top draft pick, may have been the first overall selection of the Major League Baseball Draft held early last month, but for us, the No. 1 pick was none other than Lenny Lin...
‘Pink Rabbit’ marks coming of age in a dark age
by Hilary Daninhirsch
Chronicle Correspondent
Jul 08, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
(Editor’s note: “Retro Reviews,” is a yearlong series in which Chronicle Correspondent Hilary Daninhirsch will review Jewish-themed books that have been out of print for decades, or perhaps remain...
Ladino-singing DeLeon makes for summertime party
by Justin Jacobs
Associate Editor
Jun 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
Bright melodies and danceable rhythms feel good in any language. That’s a message DeLeon thrives upon with its new album “Casata,” out June 14 on JDub Records. The CD has 11 tracks that flow with t...