Arts & Entertainment

Watermelon & Feta Salad by Chef Therese Harding (Photo courtesy The Classic Catering People)

Summer Recipes

June 21, 2018 JMORE Staff

Enjoy the long, hot days of summer with these recipes perfect for grilling, lounging or chilling down.

Paul Rudd plays Moe Berg in "The Catcher Was a Spy." (Courtesy of IFC Films)

In ‘Catcher Was a Spy,’ Paul Rudd is a Jewish Baseball Player Turned Nazi Hunter

June 20, 2018 Curt Schleier, JTA

“The Catcher Was a Spy” based on a 1994 biography of the same name by Nicholas Dawidoff, opens June 21 in theaters.

Actress Susan Rome: "I’m too old to be naked on stage. OK, maybe from the back." (Courtesy Photo)

Baltimore Actor Wins Prestigious Theater Award

June 20, 2018 Peter Arnold

Susan Rome played Brooklyn homemaker and control freak Kate Jerome in Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical “Brighton Beach Memoirs” at Theater J.

Adam Sandler is receiving Oscar buzz for his new film "Uncut Gems." (Photo illustration by Charles Dunst/Sources: Getty Images, Wikimedia Commons)

‘You Don’t Mess With the Zohan’ was Adam Sandler’s Liberal Zionist Manifesto

June 15, 2018 JTA

“Zohan” offers a crowd-pleasing if unrealistic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that goes beyond two states.

Life@Work: Does It Matter When You Interview?

June 13, 2018 Sherri Sacks

In your quest to stand out at an interview and Get That Offer, you are focused on every detail – including when you interview.

The Campbell Brothers serve up a soulful and electrifying stew of sacred steel music at B’nai Israel. (Photo by Hannah Pollack Feiler)

In Praise of the ‘Lombard & Lloyd’ Sacred Music Series

June 11, 2018 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

Founded last fall, the series — which is co-sponsored by Jmore — is loosely modeled after the popular Sixth & I Historic Synagogue venue in Washington, D.C.

Ari’el Stachel, right, plays matchmaker to two shy Israelis, played by Rachel Prather and Etai Benson, in “The Band’s Visit.” (Matt Murphy)

‘The Band’s Visit’ Wins Tony for Best Musical

June 11, 2018 JTA

“The Band’s Visit” dominated its categories during the 72nd annual Tony Awards ceremony at Radio City Music Hall June 10.

The late Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir salutes and reviews an Israel Defense Forces color guard on Independence Day in 1969. (Government Press Office, State of Israel)

Golda Meir Biographer to Speak at AMIT Baltimore Event

June 7, 2018 Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief

Jmore recently spoke with the Manhattan-based Francine Klagsbrun, 87, a longtime contributor to the New York Jewish Week and Lilith magazine, about the life and legacy of the Kiev-born, American-raised Golda Meir.

Jay-Z at a Samsung Mobile event in Brooklyn, New York, July 3, 2013. (Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Samsung)

Jay-Z’s 1st Inspiration was His Jewish 6th-Grade Teacher

June 6, 2018 Charles Dunst

In 1980, Renee Rosenblum-Lowden — who is now 77 and lives in Maryland — taught sixth grade at I.S. 318. In a recent interview with The Washington Post, she remembered “Shawn,” as he continues to call him, as smart and linguistically capable beyond his years.

The grand stairway of the old Nevele resort in the Catskills. (File photo by Joel Nadler)

Abandoned Grand Catskills Resort: The Nevele

June 4, 2018 Jmore Intern

View images of the abandoned Nevele Grand Hotel in The Catskills.

JBiz artists (Composite image)

What’s the Payoff — Love or Money? 5 Baltimore-Area Jewish Artists Respond

June 1, 2018 Elizabeth Heubeck

For those who earn their living from their art, most agree it’s getting increasingly harder to do so.