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Barbra Streisand’s brand-new duet with Bob Dylan is a whole lot different than you might think
Though Dylan and Streisand's voices may seem ill-suited to each other, the two complement each other gorgeously on 'The Very Thought of You'
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November 23, 2007
100 Years Ago in the forward Not long ago, it was reported in a number of newspapers that conditions for workers in the South were terrible and not entirely dissimilar from the conditions during which slavery was the dominant form of employment. As organizations such as the Jewish Territorialist Organization were sending Jewish immigrants to…
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Yid Vid: A Marxist Take on the Writers’ Strike
Groucho not Karl. Hat tip: Jewschool.
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They’re Building It, but Will They Come?
In a groundbreaking study released last spring, social scientists Steven M. Cohen and Ari Kelman reached a novel and, for some, startling conclusion: Far from being indifferent to Jewish cultural life, young unaffiliated Jews are actually quite interested in attending Jewish events — provided they are being offered outside the walls of Jewish venues. Young…
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Israel’s Jazz Messengers
No one who has bought a Pesek Zman chocolate bar in the East Village or eavesdropped on a Hebrew conversation on the Upper West Side would be surprised to learn that New York City has a healthy Israeli expatriate community. But how many know that Israelis have come to occupy a prominent place on the…
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Saul Bellow on God
This month, Vintage Books published “Do You Believe? Conversations on God and Religion,” by cultural critic Antonio Monda. In it, Monda offers a collection of dialogues between himself and a host of boldface names — including Martin Scorsese, Paul Auster, Jane Fonda, Spike Lee and Elie Wiesel. Our favorite, though, is Monda’s 2002 conversation with…
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Leaving an Impression
In the fall of 2006, Michigan-based artist Lynne Avadenka went to the Bavarian town of Schwandorf for a six-week artists’ residency program. Never having been to Germany, she picked up a couple of books she thought might be useful in helping her prepare: a Baedeker guide to southern Germany, some secondhand German-English dictionaries and a…
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Back to Mamre
Seth Cohen of Mamaroneck, N.Y., has an interesting suggestion to make in regard to my column of two weeks ago on oaks and terebinths in the book of Genesis. You may recall that in discussing the correct translation of Genesis 18:1, “And God appeared to him [Abraham] in elonei mamre,” I wondered why the first-century…
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Just Say ‘Nu?’: Greeting and Meeting
Hello. It’s supposed to be simple. An English greeting helps to move two people across the great divide from quiet to conversation, from separation to communication. You say “Hello,” “Good morning,” or “Good evening” and you get “Hello,” “Good morning,” or “Good evening” in return. Each formula is a well-paved pathway, a gentle ramp that…
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The Formalist’s Formalist: On Viktor Shklovsky
Zoo, or Letters Not About Love Translated by Richard Sheldon Dalkey Archive Press, 164 pages, $11.95. A Sentimental Journey: Memoirs, 1917-1922 Translated by Richard Sheldon Dalkey Archive Press, 304 pages, $13.95. Third Factory Translated by Richard Sheldon Dalkey Archive Press, 125 pages, $12.95. Knight’s Move Translated by Richard Sheldon Dalkey Archive Press, 184 pages, $13.95….
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November 16, 2007
100 Years Ago in the forward New York’s Jewish neighborhoods are becoming more and more like the Land of Israel. The only thing missing is a king. This week, steps were taken toward the goal of obtaining one when Police Chief Bingham appointed Isaac Frank as Liberty Street’s Police Captain in the Brownsville section of…
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Lenny Bruce’s Mild-Mannered Heirs
Let’s start this week with a pop culture quiz. Lenny Bruce was: (a) A very funny guy (b) A fearless champion of First Amendment rights (c) God To many of his devotees, the answer is “all of the above.” You have to wonder, though, just how many of those who attended the second annual “Homage…
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