Julie Sherman and Ayelet Shanken, co-chairs of the Edward S. Finkelstein Harrisburg Jewish Film Festival, got together to talk about a longstanding conundrum.
Julie: I think we might have to begin by clarifying the terms: we’re not talking about Israeli humor versus Jewish humor per se…
By Adam Grobman
Winemaking is in Kevin Danna’s blood.
As a child, he remembers visiting his great-grandfather, an immigrant from Sicily and former winemaker, who would often greet Kevin with the exclamation “Where’s the wine at?!”
As an adult, he found a knack for tasting wine aft…
By Julie Sherman
While Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the face of the '60s Civil Rights era, less remembered are the Jewish leaders who backed his efforts at racial equality and harmony, who walked with him in Selma, who spoke with him at the March on Washington, and who even presided over…
By Cheryl Yablon
The last four years, the JCC Senior Adult Club participated in an “Artist Residency Program.” The first year (2017) the program was facilitated by Jump Street, Arts in Education. Jump Street worked in partnership with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts to place pr…
By Julie Sherman
The Edward S. Finkelstein Harrisburg Jewish Film Festival has brought its May 2021 season forward, in the hopes of brightening up the dreary months of winter for our community.
It will be our second, and - vaccine-willing - our last fully virtual outing, which will beg…
