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I have seen the future of America — in a pastrami sandwich in Queens
San Wei, which serves pastrami sandwiches along with churros and biang biang noodles, represents an immigrant's fulfillment of the American dream
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Unterzakhn, Part 17
Read this week’s installment of Leela Corman’s new graphic novel, “Unterzakhn,” which is being serialized in the Forward. (Or, to start at the very beginning, click here). CLICK FOR LARGER VIEW
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Monumental Epic ‘Soldiers’ Into N.Y.: ‘Die Soldaten’ To Be Staged at Armory
This summer, from July 5 to July 12, the Festival at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts will present a massive production of the strident, atonal German opera “Die Soldaten” (“The Soldiers”) by Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970). This work, composed from 1957 to 1964, is so vast that it will be performed in Manhattan’s Park…
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Playing Jewish Geography With Julius Shulman
Julius Shulman is arguably the greatest architectural photographer of all time. His 77 years as a professional photographer coincided with the rise of Modernism in Los Angeles and its transformation from city to megalopolis — a coincidence that enabled Shulman to create an unparalleled visual chronicle of Los Angeles in the 20th century. He became…
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The Commentator: Is Adam Sandler Our Greatest Jewish Mind?
Is Adam Sandler the most important living Jewish commentator? Believe it or not, this actually isn’t the first time those words have appeared in print. In fact, the question was posed way back in 1999, on the cover of the national Jewish student magazine New Voices. At the time, I must confess, I thought it…
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Just Say ‘Nu?’: Second Helping
Categories of Kosher Jewish law divides permitted food into three main categories: MILkhiks dairy FLAYshiks meat PARveh neither The categories are pretty straightforward, once you know that poultry is considered meat — an instance of divine grace that has kept khayder cafeterias chicken à la king-free since before the time of Jesus, because meat and…
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Kabbalah: Ten Years After Madonna
Kabbalah is so… last decade. I still remember the flush of excitement, confusion, appreciation and concern that I felt in 1998 when I first read that Madonna was going to The Kabbalah Centre, and that her new tour design featured kabbalistic imagery. Then came Demi and Ashton and Britney and Roseanne, and a whole decade…
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A Slice Of Paradise
Writing from San Francisco on June 9, The New York Times’s Edward Rothstein reviewed that city’s new Contemporary Jewish Museum, which has recently opened its doors to the public. “The jagged lights on [its] sloping lobby wall,” he wrote, “form four Hebrew letters that spell ‘pardes.’ That word has the same Persian root as the…
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Technologically Impaired?
Honorary Member of the Tribe. Good for the Jewish people. Rabbi of technology. Three phrases I’ve heard more than once to describe myself. How, you might ask, did a girl raised in a Baptist church in Colorado (my parents lived down the road from the Focus on the Family headquarters) simultaneously learn how to correctly…
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Giving Back: A Family Tradition
Oscar Feldenkreis, president and chief operating officer of Perry Ellis International, is on a mission that extends far beyond continuing to increase company profits. That is almost a fait accompli for this talented entrepreneur with a strong vision, a creative edge and a passion for his work. Since joining his father, George Feldenkreis, founder of…
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Staying Afloat
With food and oil prices skyrocketing, the stock and housing markets in tatters, and the threat of a recession looming on the horizon, now is not the easiest time to ask donors to open their checkbooks. Across the country, these economic ills are being felt not only by individuals and families, but also by a…
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Continuing Their Mission, Jewish Hospitals Reinvest in Philanthropy
In eight American cities, there are grant-making foundations created from the sale of Jewish hospitals, with combined assets in excess of $1 billion. For American Jewry, these foundations are the most important legacy of the Jewish hospital movement, one of American history’s most ambitious undertakings in Jewish philanthropy. Between 1850 and 1955, Jewish communities in…
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