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An 89-year-old Holocaust survivor has fulfilled her longtime wish to sing the U.S. national anthem at a Major League Baseball game.Hermina Hirsch sang…
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Anyone with even a passing knowledge of world history knows about the horrors that came out of the Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jews of Europe.Some six…
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Dr. Emanuel Tanay died of metastatic prostate cancer on August 5. A visitation is planned for Saturday, September 13 at 11:00 am at the Nie Family Funeral…
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Gabriela Frank is probably not what comes to mind when you think of a contemporary classical music composer. For starters, she considers herself a hippie.…
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The Michigan Opera Theatre Children’s Chorus will perform Brundibar this weekend at the Detroit Opera House. The children's opera was originally performed…
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There's an exhibit going on now through December 8 at the Hatcher Graduate Library at the University of Michigan. It's entitled "American Foodways: The…
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Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, begins this evening. Half a century ago, that would have meant thousands of…
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When older generations die, there’s always the fear that we’ll lose their stories.But in metro Detroit’s Jewish community, they’re trying to keep history…
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Eastern Michigan University students who want to immerse themselves in Jewish history and culture will now be able to get credit for it; the school now…
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Detroit’s shrinking population is well-documented, as are the many incentives offered to people to move back into the city center. These efforts are a mix…