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Culture March 4: Jewish Broadcasting Service: Young American Jews’ Views On Israel
How do young American Jews view Israel? Watch Forward Opinion Editor Batya Ungar-Sargon dive in and debate this hot-button issue at 8 p.m. Monday, March 4 on the Jewish Broadcasting Service. Batya will be joined by two other other young, influential voices: Yair Rosenberg, senior writer at Tablet Magazine, and Bari Weiss, op-ed writer and…
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Culture Through February 28: Manhattan: Exhibit Celebrating Workers And Musicians
Composer Julia Wolfe’s new work “Fire In My Mouth” may have already premiered, but it’s not too late to visit its complementary archival exhibit, “Immigrant New York: Celebrating the Workers and Musicians of Our City.” “Fire In My Mouth,” a multimedia exploration of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, was performed late last month at…
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Culture February 2-3: Helsinki, Finland: Yiddish For The New Millennium At Limud Helsinki
If you find yourself in Finland in February, join Rukhl Schaechter, editor of the Yiddish Forward (Forverts), at the southern capital for Limud Helsinki, an annual Jewish cultural learning festival. The programs, which run the weekend of February 2 and 3, are diverse and plentiful, and Schaechter will lead three. The first talk, “How the…
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Fast Forward Billionaire Robert Kraft Wins $1M ‘Jewish Nobel’
Updated 4:55 p.m. The 2019 $1 million Genesis Prize will be awarded to Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots. The prize is intended to recognize Jews for their professional achievement and their commitment to Israel and Judaism. In its announcement, the organization behind the prize said that Kraft “has spoken out…
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Opinion Birthright Alumni Reflect On The New Trip Guidelines
Last summer, 13 activists staged dramatic walkouts from their Birthright trips. To prevent more, Birthright added a clause to their Code of Conduct, that participants commit not to “highjack” discussion by turning it toward the occupation. Last week, they made good on the new contract when several Americans were kicked off their Birthright program for…
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Fast Forward Birthright Said To Expel 3 For Questions About ‘Wall’
Updated December 24 Fresh from its PR disaster after announcing vague new anti-free speech conditions, Birthright Israel has reportedly thrown three young Jews off their trip for asking about the separation barrier between Israel and the West Bank past which they were driving. In a Facebook post, participant Shira Leah said that she and two…
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The Schmooze Is It Kosher For Non-Jewish Actors To Play Jewish Characters?
Felicity Jones will star in “On The Basis Of Sex” as Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a role that initially went to Natalie Portman. Ginsburg and Portman are Jewish. Jones is not. The arrival of the glossy biopic will be a welcome distraction for those who have already binged their way through the second…
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Culture February 3: Manhattan: New York Premiere Of ‘Out Of The Depths’ By Chaim Potok
The Forward is a proud sponsor of the staged reading and New York premiere of Chaim Potok’s play, “Out of the Depths.” Join Potok’s daughter Rena in celebrating the publication of “The Collected Plays of Chaim Potok,” the first-ever collection of the author’s work. There will be a book sale and signing following the program,…
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