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Culture April 11: A Conversation with Mohammed Darawshe
This talk will take place on Sunday, April 11 at 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. PT Click here to register. The Forward is excited to partner with Temple Ner Tamid of Bloomfield, NJ. Mohammad Darawshe is a citizen of Israel whose family has lived in the town of Iksal, just outside of Nazareth, for…
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Fast Forward Purim turns WAP into ‘Hat-Shaped Cookie’
The raunchiest, filthiest most sex-drenched song of 2020 is now…a family-friendly Purim video. Los Angeles’s IKAR congregation took Cardi B’s monster hit WAP, which stands for — well, never mind — and substituted the three title words with “Hat-Shaped Cookie.” The spoof music video, filmed at Bibi’s Warmstone Bakery and other L.A. locations, features Bibi’s…
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Culture March 10: Vote 2021 – A Mayoral Candidate Forum Hosted by the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan and The Forward
This talk will take place on Wednesday, March 10 at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT. Click here to register. NYC voters will be electing a new mayor in 2021. We are excited to partner with the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan for a conversation with leading candidates that will help you make an informed…
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Culture WATCH NOW March 23: ChaiFlicks and the Forward present an exclusive talk on “Streit’s” documentary
Watch the recording here. The Forward is excited to partner with ChaiFlicks, a streaming service dubbed the ‘Jewish Netflix’, for an exclusive talk on the documentary “Streit’s: Matzo and the American Dream.” Watch Forward culture reporter, PJ Grisar and Forward staff writer, Irene Katz Connelly as they co-moderate a conversation with filmmaker, Michael Levine and…
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Culture March 15: Rukhl Schaechter Joins Boulder Jewish Film Festival Panel
On March 15, at 7pm ET / 4pm PT, the editor of the Yiddish Forward, Rukhl Schaechter, will be joining a panel at the Boulder Jewish Film Festival about the remastered 1979 documentary, Yiddish: The Mother Tongue. The talk will be open to viewers of the film and will include documentary filmmaker Pierre Sauvage, novelist…
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Culture WATCH NOW: March 11: This Song is Your Song – The popular tradition of translating English songs into Yiddish
Watch the talk here. Watch as Forward editor in chief Jodi Rudoren talks to singer-songwriter Daniel Kahn, producer of the hit video of Woody Guthrie’s classic anthem, ‘This Land is Your Land’ in Yiddish, and a panel of Yiddish culture mavens, on the thrills and challenges of creating such intersections between two cultures. The clip…
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Culture WATCH NOW: March 10: How to Die Young at a Very Old Age
Watch here. Why do some people age slowly and live healthier lives? What are the secrets to their longevity? Join a fascinating discussion with the team who are identifying the longevity gene in Ashkenazi Jews as they address questions on aging and what it means to be healthy and live long. Rob Eshman, National Editor…
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Culture WATCH NOW: February 23: Meet the Forward 50
Watch here. Every year we publish the Forward 50, a list of remarkable people who have had a particular impact on our communities. This year, we’re asking them to join our Editor-in-Chief, Jodi Rudoren, for a weekly series of Zoominars about … whatever is on their minds. The list is a mix of activists and…
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