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That time Yiddishists met extraterrestrials a short while ago in a galaxy not far away
It was a normal summer internship at the Yiddish Book Center ... until the Jedi invaded our turf
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February 3-24: Tales of Chelm
New episodes debut every Thursday in February at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. Register here to watch. We’re excited to partner with JArts TheatreWorks Group on Tales of Chelm, a series based on “The Wise Folk of Chelm” by Rabbi Seymour Rossel. Adaptors Jesse Garlick and Dori Robinson approach classic Jewish folktales through…
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WATCH NOW: February 16: The Greatest Jewish Pop Songs of All Time
This discussion will take place on Wednesday, February 16 at 7:30 p.m. ET./ 4:30 p.m. PT. Watch now. Who wrote the best Jewish pop song? Was it Bob Dylan? Or Leonard Cohen? Haim? Regina Spektor? Mel Brooks? Watch our panel of writers and critics as they debate who made our list. And why. And…
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Twists and turns: How a Jewish gymnastic prodigy became an Olympic diver
Not long after Brandon Loschiavo started taking gymnastics at the age of four, he made a bold declaration to his mother. “He told me, ‘Mom, I’m going to go to the Olympics,’” recalled Laura Loschiavo. “He’s pretty committed, so once he says something he usually does it.” Nearly two decades later, Loschiavo is in Tokyo…
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WATCH NOW: February 9: Behind the scenes of ‘Chutzpod!’
Watch now. Chutzpod! is a weekly podcast that brings a Jewish lens to life’s toughest questions. Hear how Joshua Malina, co-star of The West Wing, and Rabbi Shira Stutman are teaming up to relate the weekly Torah portion to modern life, in audio, with Jodi Rudoren. The pair have had radically different career trajectories…
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Joyce Carol Oates on the fourth book she’s published this year
Joyce Carol Oates published two short story collections and a volume of poetry in the first six months of 2021, so you’d be forgiven for thinking she was done for the year. But you’d also be wrong. The author, whose prolific output has earned her acclaim and skepticism, has a fourth — and very personal…
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In World War II Berlin, a little-known story of German resistance
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler By Rebecca Donner Little, Brown and Company, 576 pages, $32 Since childhood, Rebecca Donner had known that she was heir to an important – and little-known — story of World War II…
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WATCH NOW: February 3: Digitizing History: Bringing Lower East Side tenements to life for 21st century audiences
WATCH NOW. Join a special conversation in partnership with the Washington Post and the Tenement Museum and learn about the Jewish American story like you’ve never seen it before. The storied museum and newspaper teamed up in December for an interactive essay that transports readers to a Lower East Side tenement. Hear from Philip…
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December 7: Screening of Shared Legacies and conversation with Jodi Rudoren
This screening and panel discussion will take place on Tuesday, December 7 at 7:30 p.m. ET./ 4:30 p.m. ET. Register here. Join a screening of the documentary, Shared Legacies, which explores the history and legacy of Black-Jewish cooperation during the civil rights movement and beyond. Afterward, Forward editor-in-chief Jodi Rudoren will moderate a panel about…
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WATCH NOW: January 26: The Sephardic Roots of Israeli Cuisine
Watch now. We’re thrilled to be a partner with JArts Boston on their Taste of Israel festival for this event. You simply can’t understand Israeli cuisine without understanding Sephardic cooking. Sephardic Jews kept their recipes alive through the dark centuries of the Inquisition, passing down to us a rich culinary tradition combining Spanish, Arabic and…
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A new video game has you ‘Heal Hitler’ — should we be outraged?
In a handsomely-furnished psychologist’s office, below a picture window offering a view of a city skyline, a reclined figure, staring down a stately portrait of Freud, speaks about his doting mother and his abusive father. The patient, a man in his mid-30s, is a veteran and amateur artist with a criminal record; he is prone…
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In St. Louis, a Torah curtain tells the story of a woman of valor
In the basement of the Saint Louis Art museum a luminous tapestry — the centerpiece of the exhibit “Signed in Silk: Introducing a Sacred Jewish Textile” — dazzles as if lit from within. The acquisition of this 18th century Italian ark curtain, or parokhet, created by the Jewish teenage girl Simhah Viterbo in Ancona, Italy,…
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