Nefesh Mountain’s Jewish bluegrass coming to Rockport, Cambridge
As the home of Berklee College of Music, the Boston and New England Conservatories, and such legendary venues as Scullers,...
Reality meets theater in Lyric Stage’s ‘The Last Five Years’
Dating. Marriage. Intermarriage. These are some of the realities of modern life and many stories have been told about them....
Rocket Mensch
Whether it is carrying astronauts or famous Jewish actors, when a rocket launches into space (or almost), many people pray...
From corned beef to coffee cake, no shortage of Jewish delights in Boston
Though the Jewish High Holidays are behind us, Hanukkah beckons and many people are trying to maintain their resolutions to...
Pride of the WooSox
WORCESTER – Growing up just north of Chicago, Matt Levin always had a thing for baseball. “I remember walking home...
Local author Michael Levin turns playwright in telling his mother’s Holocaust tale
ARLINGTON – COVID has had many of us crying for our mothers and have also had many moms crying for...
Swampscott family rolls with revisions for son’s bar mitzvah during COVID
As anyone who has participated in one knows, a bar or bat mitzvah is a magical day filled with family,...
JArts pays tribute to ‘Hallelujah’ composer Leonard Cohen with May 25 online event
Though he passed five years ago, Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen continues to have a profound impact on the music world. A...
Youth movement expanding at Brookline’s Congregation Kehillath Israel
BROOKLINE – For over 100 years, Congregation Kehillath Israel has been the gathering place for a Jewish community that combines...
Celebrating 40 years of klezmer that blossomed at the New England Conservatory
When he was young, Hankus Netsky, the founder of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, had a feeling he would be playing...
