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‘His humility was beautiful:’ my Jerry Stiller story
According to my Facebook feed, every person in New York has a Jerry Stiller story. The way he cracked jokes with tourists in restaurants, his kindness to young actors, how he sent $500 checks to people for their kid’s educations. Here’s my story. When I first moved from Vermont to New York as a young…
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June 14: We Are Here: A Celebration Of Resilience, Resistance, And Hope
The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Sing for Hope, and Lang Lang International Music Foundation will come together to present “We Are Here: A Celebration of Resilience, Resistance, and Hope.” This special concert event commemorates the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II…
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June 14: Live Q&A with ‘Dayan: The First Family TV Series’ director
The Forward is excited to partner with the JCC’s Israel Film Center for their virtual festival, featuring a fascinating lineup of films! ‘Dayan: The First Family TV Series’, a series that follows five generations of the Dayan family — “The Israeli Kennedys,” runs from June 7 through June 14. Catch the virtual screening and then…
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Howard Stern has some (more) advice for Donald Trump – resign
Howard Stern wants to bury the hatchet with his old pal Donald Trump — break bread with him, embrace him, let bygones be bygones. All Trump needs to do is resign. On May 12, the self-proclaimed King of all Media argued on his SiriusXM show that, by stepping down, the president would cement his legacy…
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The 6 worst things people have done to hummus
The beauty of hummus lies in its simplicity. This cool, smooth dish of chickpeas and tahini has been a staple food of the Levant since at least the 13th century. But, as with all things time-tested and unbroken, many have attempted to “fix” it. Most egregiously in recent years, some chefs have been pushing a…
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Of arms and the sushi man, I sing — a poem from the Zabar’s lox counter
What the devil is that guy doing in my spot? I walk into the store at 7:30 am. It’s my early day; the day I watch the store wake up. I like seeing the store at that time, but I wonder — what’s that guy doing in my spot? As I get closer and closer,…
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He survived the Holocaust, then interrogated Eichmann. 60 years later, he remembers.
60 years ago this week, Adolf Eichmann, one of the primary architects of the Holocaust, was captured in Argentina by a secret group of Mossad and Shin Bet agents. It was a stunning development. When Israel’s then-Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion announced Eichmann’s capture on May 22, 1960, 11 days after he was whisked out of…
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WATCH NOW June 19: A Jewish conversation about Juneteenth
Watch here. Rabbi Sandra Lawson, a chaplain at Elon University in North Carolina, and Tema Smith, a contributing columnist at The Forward, will talk with Editor-in-Chief Jodi Rudoren, about the holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States, and how Jews are — and should and could be — marking it this…
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What to watch before ‘Hamilton’ drops on Disney+
Alexander Hamilton, for all his contributions to the American experiment, was not exactly a man of the people. Seeing as he was a grasping social climber and quintessential capitalist, it makes sense that being able to see his namesake musical was, for so long, a mark of status. But no more! Thanks to Disney’s beneficence,…
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Stevie Wonder’s 9 most Jewish songs
When I learned that Stevie Wonder was turning 70 on May 13, I was actually surprised by how young he is. At a time when his peers who emerged in the early 1960s – people like Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger and Bob Dylan – are all pushing 80, Wonder is something of a spry young…
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Why does Billy Joel always play the same tone-deaf song at New York benefit concerts?
The Piano Man has a song for every occasion, including the apocalypse. On May 11, as part of the Rise Up New York benefit telethon for COVID-19 relief, Billy Joel played his 1976 tune “Miami 2017” accompanied by a light show on the Empire State Building and a King Kong-sized feed of his face over…
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