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Cleveland kidnappings: We must be our brother’s keeper
The exterior of the house where three women who had disappeared as teenagers approximately ten years ago were found alive on May 7 in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo by Pugliano/Getty Images
7 Rules for Perfect Hummus
When was the last time you opened a tub of hummus and swooned? When was the last time a restaurant put a plate of hummus in front of you, and you said, “Oh my God.” Most of the hummus recipes…
Palestinians mark Nakba with West Bank protests
Thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank marked the 65th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel, which they call the “catastrophe,” with marches and protests.
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The Office’s best Jewish moment
Funny music, sad life
On an otherwise unremarkable day in 1938, a chubby but charming student at John Burroughs Junior High in Los Angeles “cracked the code of his comic gift and discovered his…
Filmmakers reveal magician’s secretive world
A British journalist recalls how she once sat down at a cafe with the legendary magician, author, historian, actor and, perhaps, the greatest sleight-of-hand artist on the planet in the documentary…
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7 Rules for Perfect Hummus
When was the last time you opened a tub of hummus and swooned? When was the last time a restaurant put a plate of hummus in front of you, and…
Survivor: Irene Rosenberg
“Mommy, I’ll be right back.” Irene Rosenberg — then Irene Grunfeld — said as she was leaving the apartment of her cousin Mancy Weiss, where she and her mother were…
The Divine Wedding and Kiss - Parashat Naso
“O for your kiss! For your love / More enticing than wine, / For your scent and sweet name – For all this they love you. Take me away to…
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What would my Israeli grandmother think?
When I hear about the latest events in Israel – the air strikes on weapons facilities in Syria, the flare-ups over women donning prayer shawls at the Western Wall –…
A hot topic, a great panel, and chance to learn and discuss—immigration at issue
It's a critical time for immigration reform in this country. Washington is getting set to make major changes, the likes of which haven't been seen since the 1980's under President…
State 194: A Documentary About Palestine
Opening this weekend at Laemmle’s Music Hall 3 is a very hot-button new documentary called State 194, which follows the recent history of Palestine. Many will approach this film with…
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Cookies for a Koz: How mom’s cookies made a difference
Audrey Koz was a pharmacist, but her best medicine was the love she baked into her chocolate chip cookies.
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Arts in L.A. Quarterly Calendar: Cultural events through Feb. 2009
Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks Oct. 25-31: Jerusalem Symphony, Der Golem, Das Jazz, El Vote
‘Mission’ accomplished for hybrid composer Lalo Schifrin—with new book and CD
"It's the harmonies of Ravel and Debussy that attract jazz musicians," he said. "I once showed Dizzy Gillespie Ravel's 'Histoires naturelles' for voice and piano. He heard one passage and said, 'Oh, this will go well with Monk's 'Round Midnight.' From then on we had to play it with the Ravel chords."
Arts in L.A. Quarterly Calendar: Cultural events through November 2008
Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks Aug. 30-Sept. 5: Painting, a benefit, jazz, flies
Jazzman Frishberg charts own tuneful territory
One of the great joys of L.A. jazz, from the mid-1970s to the mid-'80s, was the blossoming of jazz pianist Dave Frishberg into a singer-songwriter of quirky, yet warmly satisfying, material.
Paul Shapiro’s ‘vout’ mishegoss
In 1945, the hippest Hollywood nightlife destination was Billy Berg's, on the corner of Vine and DeLongpre. A tall, suave black man named Slim Gaillard, who favored pinstripe suits, held court there. Black entertainers were seldom booked west of Western Avenue in those days, and Gaillard's appearances at Berg's were, in a very real sense, where Hollywood's racial integration began.
Jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen—so many roads
AUDIO: Al Jolson stars as ‘The Jazz Singer’—Lux Radio Theatre 1947
In this June 1947 production, Al Jolson reprises his most famous silver screen role as "The Jazz Singer."
Jazz: Made in New Orleans
Preservation Hall's formula was simple and is followed to this day: No reservations, no food, just music in a small room. Shows began at 8 p.m. Each set lasted around 35 minutes, and tickets were priced low (they're now $10 a show, Wednesday through Sunday)
MUSIC VIDEO: ‘Who’s Yehudi?’ 1943 ‘Soundie’
Video jukebox clip from the 1940s has that shimmy and shake -- and a stereotyped 'yehudi'
Trumpeter gives cantorial classics fusion makeover
Ten years ago, this would not have been: Steven Bernstein, a jazz trumpeter whose most popular bands include the Sex Mob and a Kansas City-style big band, leading a group playing jazz-inflected cantorial tunes. But at a recent Sunday night gig at the Jazz Standard in New York, Bernstein was doing just that.
Eight Jewish albums hit high notes in ‘07
Jewish music of 2007 reviewed.
Master of musical fusion blends klezmer with salsa
Practitioners of world music are constantly exploring ways to fuse disparate musical strains in new and interesting ways. Given all that, it should not be a surprise that there is a new group that combines klezmer with salsa. Odessa/Havana -- "The Explosive Jewish/Cuban Musical Mash-Up" -- a musical project that brings together these two musical traditions in a jazz context will perform at the Skirball Cultural Center at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29.
Producer/musician’s journey brings him home
Producer, songwriter and musician Larry Klein is having a good year. In a way, one could say his current success is the culmination of a process of recontextualizing his background, his experience, his talents and his interests.
Sitcom superstars, sultry songstresses, literary diamonds
Picks and Clicks
Swingin’ Chanukah with Kenny Ellis; The Klezmatics at the Disney; Three More Tenors
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Versatile Israeli Violinist Gains ‘Dream’ Hip-Hop Hit
For Israeli violinist Miri Ben-Ari, doing the unexpected is standard fodder; so it should come as no surprise that her new single, "Symphony of Brotherhood" (featuring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech weaving in and out of an extended string solo) topped the charts just one month after its radio release.
7 Days in the Arts
7 Days in the Arts
Dad’s Gone, but His Melody Lingers On
When a person is slightly famous mostly for one thing, that thing becomes the one thing about him when he dies. So it was that Dave Blume, my father, over and over again in late March was noted as the composer of that likably odd 1966 hit, "Turn Down Day," a pop turn on what began as one of his jazz compositions.
Show Celebrates Spectrum of Arlen Songs
It'll be nostalgia time at the Ford Amphitheatre when Harold Arlen's greatest tunes come alive again for the concert "The Wonderful Wizard of Song.
Jazz and Classical in Perfect Harmony
Caine credits his successes today to a willingness to stick with his musical vision through lean times.
"Follow that instinct," he urges young musicians. "It'll happen, if you work hard, and you can keep moving somehow."
Tova’s Songs Good for Yiddish’s Image
Exodus of Family Hits a Low Note
Earlier this summer, Shana Leonard gave up her Fairfax District apartment to move to New Orleans and be near her 82-year-old father, legendary jazz photographer Herman Leonard. But late last month, the 33-year-old single mother, who also cares for her wheelchair-bound 10-year-old daughter, India, found the three of them among the thousands racing to escape from New Orleans.
7 Days in the Arts
Who says chicks can't be funny?
7 Days in The Arts
Israel Prize laureate Ehud Manor passed away in April but his beloved songs live on in the hearts of Israelis.
7 Days In Arts
Free tunes at the Skirball this afternoon, as part of their continuing "Café Z" series.
7 Days In Arts
7 Days in Arts
7 Days In Arts
A documentary about an old-age home. Sound like a snoozefest?
Eulogies
Marshall Sosson, concertmaster at many Hollywood studios, died on April 29, 2002, at the age of 91.
WoodyAllen Superstar
In the world of moviemaking, Woody Allen is an auteur. In the world of jazz, Woody Allen is a rock star.
New Year’s Sounds
The number "three" doesn't play an especially important part in Jewish lore and customs. But the pre-High Holy Day musical rush brought to my desk several trios of related recordings, so it's fitting to deal with them in groups of threes.
Orna’s Jazzy Ways
Her name is derived from the Hebrew word for "light," and her voice radiates heat. So it seems only natural that the jazz vocalist performs torch songs.
Arts Briefs
British director Tyrone Guthrie, a non-Jew, once said: "If all the Jews were to leave the American theater, it would close down about next Thursday."
Maybe that explains why there's so much Jewish theater now in Los Angeles. Here's a roundup of the offerings: We can't guarantee they're good, but we can guarantee they're Jewish.
Up Front
At the Dixieland Jubilee in Sacramento, the annual super bowl of jazz, the band that got the most ecstatic reception a couple of years ago was cradled a few thousand miles east of New Orleans.
It was the Jerusalem Jazz Band, whose members hail each other by such fine old Southern names as Boris, Mika, Shmulik, Stanislav and Aaron.
Strumming, Fiddling at the Skirball
What is there about klezmer music that sends feet flying and excitement levels of certain Jewish audiences soaring? Nostalgia for the past or a just-found fondness for a "new" music"? Whatever it is, when the klezmer band struck up a "Freylach," almost instantly, a woman in a red baseball cap jumped to her feet, raised her arms to the sky and began bouncing joyfully to the music. She was quickly joined by someone in a jaunty straw hat and a T-shirt emblazoned with the word "Danceaholic." Soon, there was an impromptu circle of happy bouncers -- young and old -- stepping lively under the warm California sun.
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