Adam J. Sacks
By Adam J. Sacks
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News Music of the Mind
Hailing from the land of Tango in Buenos Aires, Simja Dujov writes music that resembles almost anything other than that classic genre. Known as “the Jewish Manu Chao,” he has a sound that is ironic and humorous rather than wistful and melancholy, rhythmic and driving as opposed to nonpercussive. Dujov’s music is uniquely of its…
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Culture Report: Israeli Education Gets a Failing Grade
Israel, you may have heard, produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation, by a large margin — 109 people per 10,000. Twenty-four percent of the Israeli work force holds university degrees, ranking the country third in that category in the industrialized world, after the United States and Holland. Israel also claims the…
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News Rockin’ Rabbi Raises Awareness
“The Protocols of the Elders of Zion are true and I am a member of standing / But I’m undercover as a singer/songwriter down here at the Sidewalk café.” This is the catchy chorus of Rav Shmuel’s new hit video and song, which is being passed around on YouTube like a hot falafel. The irony-filled…
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News Cooling Tensions
The philosophy behind a new nonprofit organization, Breaking the Ice, suggests that reconciliation under extreme conditions is not only possible — it’s preferable. Or at least that was the thinking behind an Antarctic trek pairing four Israelis and four Palestinians. Project founder Nathaniel Heskel, a Berlin-based Israeli banker, was convinced that “something crazy must happen,…
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News A Century Later, Immigrant Story Finds Its Coda
When a young real estate developer acquired some property on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, he figured he’d gotten a deal. But it took some time before recognizing the magnitude of his find. In 1982, Manhattan’s Lower East Side was not yet the gentrifying wonderland it is today. Judah Klausner was, nevertheless, drawn to the neighborhood’s…
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