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They were a kosher bakery success story — 80 years later, people are still trying to make a buck off their babka
The tale of Schick's Bakery is one of 20th-century ingenuity and 21st-century capitalism
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The Secret Jewish History Of ‘Russian Doll’
Netflix’s “Russian Doll” is a Rorschach of a show. The early press has been hot with takes crowing that the dark and funny series is inseparable from star and co-creator Natasha Lyonne’s history of addiction and AA’s signature 12 steps. Others have posited that the constant respawning of the game-programmer protagonist in the same location,…
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April 2: Massachusetts: Forward Updates With CEO Rachel Fishman Feddersen
Join Forward CEO and Publisher Rachel Fishman Feddersen in West Springfield, Massachusetts, as she is interviewed by writer and fundraising adviser Lou Cove about the changes at the Forward. At the closed event at PJ Library, Rachel will speak to a group of Jewish Federation and JCC leadership from across the United States and Canada….
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Inside The Mind Of Arnold Schoenberg, The Genius Who Defined 20th Century Music
What happens in the mind of a genius? Mozart’s mind was puerile; if his extraordinary sophistication with music extended to other aspects of his psyche, he didn’t show it. Van Gogh was subject to psychotic episodes, a struggle that may have impacted his work, although we can only speculate. Bits of Einstein’s brain are preserved…
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Theater The Folksbiene Has A Hit With ‘Yiddler,’ Here’s How It’s Bringing Back The Hits We’ve Forgotten
Yiddish musicals never had much of a chance to become part of the Great American Songbook. Like so many Jewish cultural developments, the medium was a victim of assimilation in the United States and tragedy in Europe. The works of the Gershwins and of Rodgers and Hammerstein supplanted Yiddish songs as English became the vernacular…
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March 29-April 4: Israel: Yiddish Forverts Takes On The Holy Land
Yiddish Forward editor Rukhl Schaechter is sprinkling in a few speaking engagements during her upcoming 10-day trip to Israel. She will begin Friday, March 29 by teaching a cooking class in Yiddish at The Cooking Studio in Tel Aviv. She’ll repeat the lesson in Jerusalem on April 4 (the location will be determined soon). The…
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Jill Abramson Takes On ‘The Powers That Be’
MERCHANTS OF TRUTH: THE BUSINESS OF NEWS AND THE FIGHT FOR FACTS By Jill Abramson Simon & Schuster, 534 pages, $30 Jill Abramson brings a uniquely informed perspective to the question still obsessing the media world: What’s required for a news organization to survive in the face of a broken business model and the disruptive…
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March 24: Baltimore: Meet Trailblazing Judge Ruchie Freier
Join Forward Life editor Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt in conversation with Judge Ruchie Freier, the world’s first ever female Hasidic judge, on March 24 in Baltimore, Maryland. Freier, who is also founder of the first all-female Orthodox EMT group, will share her trailblazing journey at 7 p.m. at the Ner Tamid Greenspring Valley Synagogue. Register here. To…
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March 19: San Francisco: National Convening On Jewish Poverty
Poverty is a significant but rarely discussed issue within the Jewish community. The National Convening on Jewish Poverty aims to open those channels and, through education, work to find a solution. Forward writer-at-large Jane Eisner will lead a seminar at the conference, based in San Francisco on March 19, focused on Jewish poverty in the…
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March 17: Manhattan: Screening Of ‘The Brink’
The Forward is excited to co-present a screening of “The Brink,” a documentary exploring how former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon’s pushed the rise of white nationalism. Following the film, Forward writer-at-large Jane Eisner will moderate a Q&A with its director, Alison Klayman, who will share how following Bannon throughout the 2018 American midterm…
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March 16-17: Memorializing The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Join the Remember the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Coalition in memorializing the 1911 industrial tragedy. On March 16 and 17, at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan, the public is invited to contribute to an art installation in memory of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Participants are asked to bring pieces of fabric to create a…
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March 14: New Jersey: The Future Of The Forward With CEO Rachel Fishman Feddersen
Join Forward CEO and Publisher Rachel Fishman Feddersen in Livingston, New Jersey, as she talks about the Forward’s storied history, role in present-day culture and continued growth, despite the challenges facing the journalism industry. Rachel will visit the city’s Hadassah chapter at Temple Beth Shalom on Thursday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. Refreshments will be…
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