Arts & Culture

Needham-based author Matt Robinson discuss his latest book, “Lions, Tigers, and … Bulldogs?: An Unofficial Guide to the Legends and Lore of the Ivy League,” Feb. 27 from 6-8 p.m. at Staples, 163 Highland Avenue...

Actor Kirk Douglas may have been the last surviving star from the golden age of Hollywood. So his death last week at the age of 103 is a chance for fans of cinema to appreciate...

CAMBRIDGE – There were no reported Steve Bannon sightings in the audience at Harvard Square’s Brattle Theatre on Jan. 3. But the former strategist for Donald Trump and onetime Breitbart head was very much there...

Diversity dominated local theater this year. Both large and small stages embraced plays and musicals about Jewish characters and their challenges, goals, and priorities. So it went with their African-American, Hispanic, and LGBTQ counterparts. Sadly,...

Call “Moby-Dick” Herman Melville’s sublime response to the Book of Jonah. After all, the whaler Pequod’s crew proves as diverse as that of the ship on which the Jewish prophet tried to hide away from...

BOSTON – A multigenerational crowd of 3,500 ushered in Hanukkah at the Museum of Fine Arts at the Jewish Arts Collaborative’s sixth annual Hanukkah celebration on Dec. 18 with the unveiling of a newly commissioned...

At a time when anti-Semitism and other forms of prejudice are spiking, Americans of all creeds and colors need to know about Leo Frank. The Jewish National Pencil Company factory superintendent was scapegoated in 1913...

This year, Jewish singles will have the opportunity to make a miracle when they go to the MatzoBall at Royale in Boston on Christmas Eve. The famed Boston event is taking place for the 33rd...