Jonah Goldman Kay
By Jonah Goldman Kay
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Fast Forward A musician’s project sheds new light on artistic life in the Terezín concentration camp
(JTA) — Over the past several decades, the Terezín concentration camp has come to be synonymous with the music of the Holocaust because of the number of performers who were imprisoned there. Now, in the latest production associated with a foundation devoted to preserving the camp’s legacy, a new book reveals how one prominent musician…
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Fast Forward A dilapidated Bulgarian synagogue will become a cultural center — and lifeline for a dwindling community
VIDIN, Bulgaria (JTA) — For 40 years, the central synagogue in this port city has resembled the town’s Jewish population — barely existent and rapidly aging. The synagogue, which was built in the 19th century, is quite literally a shell of its former self. Vines creep up the side of the stone walls and the…
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Opinion The bad faith behind Zionist activists’ latest try to win the left
On Monday, Rudy Rochman, a bombastic, keffiyeh-wearing Zionist activist, will debate famed academic Noam Chomsky. It’s a mismatched and bizarre pairing: a world-renowned linguist whose ideas on Zionism and the state of Israel have shaped leftist discourse for decades versus a glorified college activist whose works include the YouTube videos “Avatar Jewish Connection” and “Breaking…
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