Arts & Culture
Faith Quintero releases first novel, ‘Loaded Blessings’
Though the Spanish Inquisition began half a millennium ago, its geographical reach spread throughout the New World, and its chronological reach stretched into the 20th century. Last December marked the start of the 50th anniversary...
Read moreOgunquit’s ‘Cabaret’ delivers chilling reminders of the past
Newcomers to “Cabaret” might briefly be disarmed by the Kit Kat Klub’s Emcee when he promises there is “no trouble here.” Repeat patrons at the John Kander/Fred Ebb landmark musical know better. Joe Masteroff’s insightful...
Read moreRabbi brings cabaret music to Gloucester temple
GLOUCESTER – A retired pulpit rabbi who becomes a successful cabaret singer? That sounds like something to sing about. On Saturday, Aug. 24, Rabbi Deborah Zecher will lead an evening of song at Temple Ahavat...
Read moreMatt Robinson releases new book
University of Pennsylvania alumnus Matt Robinson has long had a “thing” for mascots. “I will never forget going to the Brown-Harvard football games as a kid with my father,” Robinson recalls. “The game was never...
Read moreOf adolescent growing pains
Adolescent growing pains are nothing new, but the Internet has magnified them. Thanks to Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, their vulnerabilities have gone viral through rumor, gossip, and the full spectrum of fake news. Sadly,...
Read moreBat mitzvah girl raises money to feed children
ANDOVER – Yahli Irelander stood on the bimah at Temple Emanuel in Andover on her bat mitzvah reciting Parshah Nasso last month. While it was a satisfying achievement, the shy, artistic 13-year-old said it...
Read moreSalem’s Jewish history, Part 1
Early records show that some residents of Salem in the late 1600s were Sephardic Jews from Spain and Portugal whose families escaped the infamous Inquisitions of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. By the mid-1800s, Jews...
Read moreMarblehead duo create new column
MARBLEHEAD – “So what’s this column about?” a smiling, curly-haired woman asks a bewildered, wiry-haired man with a goatee. The two go back and forth for a bit before deciding that the column should...
Read moreSomerville author explores ‘What is it like to be Jewish in the 21st century?’
SOMERVILLE – North Shore movie fans may know Daniel Kimmel for his incisive reviews posted on the website northshoremovies.net. But for fans of all things science fiction, Kimmel is the award-winning author of dozens of...
Read more“The Waverly Gallery” shows a Jewish matriarch in decline
Family dramas focus on personal memories, and “The Waverly Gallery” is no exception. Using his own grandmother as inspiration, playwright Kenneth Lonergan has created Gladys Green, a Jewish grandmother in New York City, whose painful...
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