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A Survivor Does Hip Hop

By Nathan Burstein

An 85-year-old survivor of Auschwitz has adapted the sound of gangsta rappers and dance clubs.Read More

Dashing an Olympic Hopeful’s Dreams

By Devra Ferst

This year, Israel achieved a tremendous athletic feat: One of its athletes, 20-year-old Tamar Katz, became the first Israeli to qualify for the women’s figure skating competition in the Olympics.Read More

Israeli TV Gets in on the Gossip Craze

By Nathan Burstein

For Israeli celebrities, going out for a cup of coffee is about to get a whole lot less pleasant.Read More

A Little Committed, A Lot To Learn

By Allison Gaudet Yarrow

What do you call couples who live together, co-own pets and property, and celebrate the Sabbath with each other’s families, all without ever uttering “I do”? Journalist Hannah Seligson calls them “a little bit married” (ALBM), a term she coined after her own painful breakup and after watching her friends — urban, college-educated 20- and 30-somethings — build long-term monogamous relationships unbound by state law. The Forward’s Allison Gaudet Yarrow caught up with Seligson, whose new guide, “A Little Bit Married: How to Know When It’s Time To Walk Down the Aisle or Out the Door,” published in December by De Capo Lifelong Books, dissects this burgeoning trend.Read More

Kirshtein Serves Up a New Kind of Kosher

By Devra Ferst

It sounds like a Jewish “Top Chef” challenge: Prepare a five-course kosher tasting menu using cutting-edge cooking techniques, pair with kosher wines and serve to 135 diners ranging from 20-something New York hipsters to 60-year-old women wearing sheitels.Read More

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