For years, my friend’s father asked me to recount his childhood escape from the Nazis. Why did it take me this long?

Lahav Shani, the tall, young Israeli conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO), came on stage with confident ...

Written by a partially blind beggar from Kentucky in 1912, "Man Of Constant Sorrow" is classic Americana that was popularized in 2000 by the Coen Brothers movie "O, Brother Where Art Thou? . . . The ...

Photo: Sam Sadigursky and Nathan Koci are releasing The Solomon Diaries, volumes IV and V, on April 11. Photo courtesy ...

Ours is an era when canceling people for dissenting against fashionable woke shibboleths has become an inevitable and often ...

On the 75th anniversary of revolutionary composer Kurt Weill’s passing, acclaimed singer & actress Ute Lemper has released Speak Low, the new single from her album Pirate Jenny. Listen to it here!

TIFF honors Deepa Mehta in a career retrospective as she reflects on her controversial films, fearless approach and resilient ...

The origin story of C.S. Lewis' infamous Narnia in The Magician's Nephew is a blend of Christian inspiration and the power of ...

In an exclusive interview with J-Wire ahead of his visit to Australia for the Sydney Jewish Writers' Festival, Zack Bodner speaks not just as an author, but as a man deeply embedded in the frontlines ...

David A.M. Wilensky's annual roundup of new Passover haggadahs — ranging this year from those written to enlighten to one ...

In 1966, the conductor arrived in Vienna with a mission: to restore Gustav Mahler’s place in 20th-century music.

This ‘Total Immersion’ concert for the great composer and conductor was a timely reminder of the beauty and mystery of his ...