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Time For a Reverse Birthright
We already have heritage trips to Israel, so why not Jewish heritage trips to the Diaspora? Israelis could learn about Jewish progressive politics and minority rights – and take…
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The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary
Robert Alter is a distinguished literary critic who has written extensively on European and American literature. He first emerged on the scene of biblical studies with his…
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Foxtrot
The world of Michael Feldman (Lior Ashkenazi) is shattered by a single buzz at the door. Soldiers have come to tell Michael and his wife Dafna (Sarah Adler) that their teenage son…
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Whitechapel Noise: Jewish Immigrant Life in Yiddish Song and Verse, London 1884–1914
Folksong and its relatives, frequently popular responses to contemporary events, can offer fascinating insights into the lives of their composers and audiences. Vivi Lachs has…
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Miller Miller Everywhere… and an Off-Broadway Fiddler on the Roof with a difference
Arthur Miller died in 2005 but the Jewish-American playwright’s legacy lives on nowhere more fully than in England, where Miller has long enjoyed a critical reverence and…
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The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt: A Tyranny of Truth
In his new graphic biography, The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt: A Tyranny of Truth, Ken Krimstein imagines Hannah Arendt’s life, from her birth in Germany in 1912 to her death in…
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Yemeni Soup & Other recipes
My mother prepares a cake that makes people forget. They forget their troubles, their diets, and their calorie count. They forget they only came by for a minute – they had other…
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A Rabbi of Teaneck
Again the mighty Levi a handsome devil in tight jeans a scholar of pajamas and the law. Again he comes to the door in a tallis or a t-shirt the brute of termination marshal…
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Re:Identity
"Will this take long?” “Thanks for coming everyone.” “Was Legal on the list?” “This isn’t really an issue for Legal.” “You made it sound...” “Urgent, I know.…
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How Jewish is it?
The Jewish Museum occupies a 1908 French Renaissance chateau on Fifth Avenue. Originally the home of the banker Felix Warburg, in 1944 the mansion was given to the Jewish…
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