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Talmudic meme machine Shoshana Gottlieb is mixing parsha and pop culture on Instagram
Shoshana Gottlieb wants you to know she’s not an artist. Sure, she spends her free time crafting original graphics to post online. Sure, her work captures Jewish culture and tradition with a sharp but loving eye. And sure, she has a devoted following who come to her for inspiration and entertainment. Still, she says, “I’m…
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Finally, the perfect board game for Jewish boomers
Finally, there’s something for those of us who qualify for Old People Shopping Hour and it isn’t about arthritis or urinary tract problems. It’s “Boom Again,” a board game designed for those 50 and up. If, like me, you miss pre-pandemic schmoozing, kibitzing and reminiscing, this is for you. The game goes like this: Questions…
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Before Rabin, another Hebrew leader was assassinated — and the parallels are uncanny
November 4, the day after Election Day, will mark the 25th anniversary of the murder of Yitzhak Rabin. It’s an important day to remember and ponder. Important, because of who this Israeli prime minister was in his day, what he stood for and what his murder wrought. Important, because historical memory fades so quickly into…
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In search of the lost time of a gay Jewish novelist
In a new book, Saul Friedländer shows how an analytical approach that made him an acclaimed Holocaust historian, can explicate a gay writer of Jewish origin. “Proustian Uncertainties,” concerns the French novelist Marcel Proust, whose “In Search of Lost Time” offers emotionally complex narration and memories linked to sexuality and Judaism. Perhaps surprisingly, this subject…
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A Gross tale of traveling to Chelm and back
The Lost Shtetl: A Novel Max Gross HarperCollins, 416pp, $27.99 What if the Jews of a forest shtetl were so dismayed or disinterested by their Polish neighbors of the First World War era that they just lost touch with their co-nationalists? That’s the central conceit of “The Lost Shtetl,” the debut novel by Max Gross…
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December 3-10: the Forward partners with Other Israel Film Festival
Purchase film tickets here. Following your ticket purchase, you will be sent a link to register for the Q&As. The Forward is excited to once again partner with the Marlene Meyersen JCC Other Israel Film Festival, a leading supporter and promoter of Israeli cinema. The film festival, which will be held virtually via streaming, seeks…
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Danny Elfman drops his first solo song in 36 years — of course it’s spooky
Danny Elfman, the Pumpkin King himself, has released his first solo song in 36 years. He’s been saving up a whole lot of eerie energy. In a statement, the perennial Tim Burton film scorer said he originally wrote the new track, “Happy,” for Coachella 2020 as an “absurd anti-pop song, designed to begin as a…
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Film & TV Remembering Sean Connery with the secret Jewish history of James Bond
James Bond's Jewish roots are evident everywhere from "Dr. No" to "Skyfall"
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Books Nicole Krauss’s debut short story collection is an argument against staying calm
“To Be a Man” By Nicole Krauss Harper, 240 pages, $21.59 Noa, the teenage protagonist and narrator of Nicole Krauss’s short story “End Days,” wakes up with two disasters on her mind: the wildfires that have just “jumped the borders” into Los Angeles, where she lives, and her parents’ impending divorce. Compared to one couple’s…
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December 4: Jodi Rudoren to join ‘Women to Watch Impact Summit’
This talk will take place on Friday, December 4 at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m PT. Register here. Whether you’ve joined JWI at Women to Watch and couldn’t wait to come again, or you’ve never been and have wanted to go… this is your best opportunity to fully experience JWI. They have innovated a…
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9 spooky, Jew-y films to watch for Halloween (8 of which aren’t ‘Hubie Halloween’)
Craving spooky, scary, Jewish viewing for Halloween? We've got you covered
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