Twentieth century Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich was not Jewish, but his music was greatly influenced by the Jewish experience. What that means and how it played out in Shostakovich's landmark ...

Peter Simon will be performing at "Connections Through Harmony: The Great Jewish Composers and Their Influence" on Saturday, January 24 at Congregation Beth Israel located at 10460 N 56th St, ...

To read Bialik’s poetry is to pass through a whirlwind of emotions. His most famous poem, 1904’s B’Ir ha’Haragah (City of Slaughter), might well be the most influential Jewish poem of the 20th century ...

The roots of modern psychotherapy have origins in Jewish thought, history, and intellectual traditions. Even though I am not religious, being Jewish has always been central to my identity. It surely ...

Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, Norman Mailer and Leonard Bernstein are the “unruly” subjects of David Denby’s “Eminent Jews.” In his new book “Eminent Jews,” Denby celebrates four leading Jewish cultural ...

Rabbi Julius Berman, who led the Orthodox Union and a myriad of other prominent Jewish communal organizations across the Orthodox and secular Jewish world, has died at 90. Born in Lithuania in 1935 to ...

The Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival doesn’t shy away from difficult topics like Oct. 7. But it also delights with films about Jewish influence — from pop music to past and present-day comic book art.