By Stephen D. Strauss Contributing Writer Judah Touro Cemetery Association, Inc., incorporated in 1855 or 1856, is located on Sunset Avenue in Price Hill. All of the Jewish cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati are different. What makes Judah Touro Cemetery unique is that it’s named for a person. Judah Touro was born June 16, 1775 in [ Read More...]

By James Mills Book Review Editor The commonly accepted, and therefore often told, history of the Volkswagen holds that it was the brainchild of German Austrian-German engineer Ferdinand Porsche. The origin of this version of history, however, derives from the early days of the Third Reich, and a time when the new German state was [ Read More...]

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company will conclude its 18th season with William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice,” which runs May 11 – June 3, 2012. In one of the Bard’s most controversial and thrilling plays, Antonio (Jared Joplin) covers a debt for his friend Bassanio (Billy Chace) who will use the money to woo the delightful Portia [ Read More...]

By Lisa Keys Jewish Telegraphic Agency NEW YORK (JTA) — Lori Loebelsohn enters other people’s lives at pivotal moments: a marriage, a milestone birthday, a bar mitzvah. Armed with a pen and a notebook, she discusses intimate details about the inner lives of those she has just met: their passions, their most significant memories, their [ Read More...]

By Ami Eden Jewish Telegraphic Agency NEW YORK (JTA) — “Mad Men” is like the Jews — it gets a lot of attention for a show watched by less than 2 percent of the population. To kick off its fifth season, the 1960s period program, winner of four straight Emmys for best drama, has a new Jewish [ Read More...]

By Lisa Alcalay Klug Jewish Telegraphic Agency BERKELEY, Calif. (JTA) — When David and Batsheva Miller left Israel for California in 1994, they sorely missed singer-spiritualist Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach and their community at the moshav, or Israeli town, founded by Carlebach. Nothing, even in Berkeley, compared to Shabbat on the moshav, Meor Modiin. So they [ Read More...]

By Rita Tongpituk Assistant Editor The Warner Bros. comedy “Project X” — starring Toledo, Ohio native Oliver Cooper — opens in theaters Friday, March 2. “Project X” is produced by Todd Phillips, the Jewish director and producer of the mega-hit “Hangover” movies. Cooper’s mother, Wendy (Fohlen) Cooper, was born and raised in Cincinnati and is [ Read More...]

By Six Degrees (No Bacon) Staff Writer Jewish Telegraphic Agency NEW YORK (Six Degrees No Bacon) — The post-Super Bowl “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” featured Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg. Both have SNL under their belts (Fallon does too), both are very Jewish and, according to Sandler, they both have a pretty similar name — [ Read More...]

Community dance and song ensemble Zabava will perform at the JCC on Jan. 29, at 2 p.m. Zabava is a dance and song group based on different folklore and cultures. This is their premiere performance. The group is led and choreographed by Shota Ebanoidze, a Russian refugee from Tbilisi, Georgia. He is a famous international [ Read More...]

When John Fox speaks about rock ‘n’ roll, he speaks with pride. That’s because Fox, a member of the Greater Cincinnati Jewish community, has found dozens of Jewish connections to 1950s and ‘60s rock. “Jews were associated with the best rock music in history,” he boasts. On Sunday, Dec. 4, Fox will be performing with [ Read More...]