‘Menashe’ Offers Rare Look Into Brooklyn’s Chasidic World
Here we are in 2017 and a new Yiddish language film is turning heads, snagging film festival awards and receiving accolades from critics and audiences alike.
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Arts & Life
Manhattan’s Only Vineyard is Run by This 89-Year-Old Iraqi Jew
The “chateau” is the brownstone that Latif Jiji, 89, has shared with his wife, Vera, for the past 50 years, and the winery’s grounds are their 15-by-45-foot backyard.
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This Vegetarian Brisket Recipe Actually Tastes Like Meat
You can serve this entree for summer picnics and barbecues alongside buns and coleslaw, or save it for Shabbat dinners and holidays.
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In the Kitchen: Feast Fit for a Festival
Get recipes for Potato Crusted Rockfish with Beet Butter, Pimlico Cake and Chocolate Rugelah.
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Chicken Soup for the Yom Tov
With the High Holidays fast approaching, we prepare for a season of soul and spiritual searching, observances of rituals, attendance of synagogue and food.
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Fall Arts Preview: Cultural Happenings Around Town
Venues like West Baltimore’s funky Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower and the newly-restored Parkway Theatre on North Avenue are injecting new life into Baltimore’s already-vibrant arts scene.
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The auditorium of the Parkway Theatre retains much of its Baroque grandeur. (File photo from "Flickering Treasures: Rediscovering Baltimore's Forgotten Movie Theaters," by Amy Davis.)
Fall Arts Preview: Screen Saver
“Movie theaters were a strong anchor. They had beautiful neon, and they were the jewels of the neighborhood. People felt ownership of theaters,” says photojournalist Amy Davis.
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