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Post Columnist Starts Jewish Music ProjectCharles Krauthammer knows his way around the written word. But next month, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist and his wife, artist Robyn Krauthammer, will unveil a project devoted to the music note. Pro Musica Hebraica, a new Washington-based organization spearheaded by the couple, will be devoted to highlighting historically neglected works of Jewish art music as well as commissioning new works.…Read more

A.M. Klein: Portrait of the Poet as PersonIn a 1943 letter to his colleague A.J.M. Smith, Montreal poet A.M. Klein complained of critics’ tendency to identify him primarily as a Jewish poet.…Read more

Sweet Home LithuaniaSome bands spend months, even years, practicing before their members perform together — let alone record an album. Not so with The Lithuanian Empire, an eight-piece klezmer-fusion outfit that spent no more than a month practicing before recording its first, self-titled album. Although the band’s geographically diverse membership has resulted in a frustrating scarcity of rehearsal opportunities, the players have nonetheless managed to come up with a unique and masterful sound that they will exhibit during their upcoming Canadian CD release tour.…Read more