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Posted inArts, Entertainment & Film
Crossing the bridge
‘Essentially, I always want someone to take back a redemptive quality in the work’
Posted inArts, Entertainment & Film
Super Museum Sunday!
There’s no time like the present to see some of our area’s most beloved cultural and historical centers
Posted inArts, Entertainment & Film
Super Museum Sunday!
We’ve categorized the sites by interest to help you plan your day.
Posted inFood & Drink
Shalom Y’all: Same nosh, less shlep
For the first time in almost two decades, the Shalom Y’all Jewish Food Festival will be serving it up in front of the historic synagogue on Monterey Square, the event’s original location.
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100 years of gratitude: A century in the life of Marion Mendel
A direct descendant of Benjamin Sheftall, one of the 41 Jewish settlers who joined General Oglethorpe in the first few months of wrangling some civilized order on this Godforsaken, mosquito-ridden, humidity-cloaked bluff, Ms. Marion has a personal legacy that comes straight from the history books.
Posted inMusic & Clubs
Fiddler gets the jazz treatment
JAZZ. Middle Eastern music. West African-inspired percussion. And the longest-running musical in Broadway history. It all comes together at Congregation Mickve Israel this weekend when an ensemble of musicians perform […]
Posted inFood & Drink
‘Food is the way we nurture’
Cinnamon-sprinkled rugelach, noodle kugel with plump raisins, honeycakes—there’s enough Jewish grandmothering to go around for everyone.
Posted inMusic & Clubs
Savannah Jazz Festival: A new generation
Pack a picnic, round up some friends, and feel the breeze on your skin as world-class jazz bathes the Forsyth Park lawn
Posted inMusic & Clubs
Jews and Jazz in America @Congregation Mickve Israel
“I think what might surprise some people is how many songs were written or performed by Jewish people,” says Larry Dane-Kellogg. “The focus is on the entertainment, just to have fun and hear this group of musicians take on these particular tunes.”
Posted inFood & Drink
Get shtuffed at the Shalom Y’all Food Fest
Here are the noshes by the numbers!
Posted inCommunity
Why every Savannahian should see Mickve Israel’s museum makeover
Above all else, Judaism is a story, and the tiny chapter written by Savannah’s Jewish community is not only unique, it’s essential to this city’s history—and its future.