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The Schmooze Do We Agree With Slate’s Assessment of the State of Jewish America?
On September 7, the online magazine Slate published an article titled “Will the Great American Rabbi Please Stand Up?” which argued that, in the words of its author, Shmuel Rosner, “great American rabbis seem to be a thing of the past.” Indeed, the article surmises that “Jewish America seems to have lost its chance to…
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The Schmooze When Hitler Became a Hipster
Did you ever wonder when someone would come along and make fun of Hitler and hipsters in the very same web comic? Well, wonder no more. Hilarious? Offensive? Hilariously offensive? Tell us what you think in the comments.
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The Schmooze This Week in Forward Arts and Culture
Jon Kalish looks at a production of Romeo and Juliet, in Yiddish. Raphael Mostel discusses ‘Le Grand Macabre,’ an opera by Hungarian Jewish composer György Ligeti, recently performed for the first time in New York. Gordon Haber reviews Kenneth Wishnia’s “The Fifth Servant,” a Golem-era Prague mystery novel. Akin Ajayi talks to Israeli artist Dor…
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Fast Forward Hebrew U. Drops Goldstone From Board
Judge Richard Goldstone has been removed from the board of governors of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Israeli daily Maariv reported Goldstone’s removal from the board earlier this week. Goldstone headed a U.N. investigation into the winter 2008-2009 conflict in Gaza between Hamas and Israel that has been fiercely denounced by Israel and many…
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The Schmooze Rebbe in a Box!
Praying by the graves of long-deceased holy men is a time-honored Jewish practice, especially on the recent holiday of Lag b’Omer, when thousands flock to the resting place of R’ Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron. But what about kohanim, who are not allowed to come into contact with the dead, or even enter a cemetery?…
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News Forward Editor Wins National Award
Jane R. Eisner, editor of the Forward, has been selected for a 2009 Sigma Delta Chi award for excellence in journalism for a series of three editorials she wrote about gender and family issues. The Society of Professional Journalists announced the award May 3, honoring outstanding work published in 2009 in print, on radio and…
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Opinion Editorial: Unfriendly Fire
This is no way to treat a guest
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Culture Backward: A Video
[ ![][2]][2] In the spirit of Purim, Forward staffers set out to learn what New Yorkers knew about Jews. Produced and edited by Allison Gaudet Yarrow []: https://forward.com/backward-purim/
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