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The Secret Jewish History Of Cricket
With the Cricket World Cup underway, what better time to reflect on the complex relationship between Jews and cricket, that most “English of English games,” which, above all, epitomizes the English gentleman. This is not to say that Jews have not enthusiastically played and followed cricket. The Australian batsman Julien Wiener was the son of…
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The Problem With Measuring Jewish Poverty
This essay is part of an ongoing series about Jewish poverty. Previous entries in the series can be found here, here and here. Jewish communal organizations have long been concerned about poverty among American Jews. Many of them trace their origins to helping impoverished Jewish immigrants. Today, federations, agencies and foundations continue to address both…
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Film & TV Stan Lee’s Daughter Sues Memorabilia Manager In New Elder Abuse Lawsuit
A new lawsuit adds to an upsetting picture of longtime Marvel Comics editor Stan Lee’s final days, alleging that those close to Lee sought to profit off him by stealing from his home and working him to the point of exhaustion. The lawsuit, brought by Lee’s daughter, Joan Celia Lee, was filed in Los Angeles…
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At 95, the heroes of the Ghost Army relive the battles of WWII
This top-secret unit used inflatable tanks, planes and phony encampments to dupe the German army
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This Food Pantry Uses Technology And Kindness To Help Feed Hungry Jews (And Others)
This essay is part of an ongoing series about Jewish poverty. Previous entries in the series can be found here and here. It was a bright Thursday morning in late May, and suddenly there was a blueberry crisis. A few staff members of the digital food pantry at the Commonpoint Queens location in Forest Hills…
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Film & TV The Trailer For Woody Allen’s New Film Has Us Concerned
One of the ironies of “A Rainy Day in New York,” Woody Allen’s recently-shelved film, is it may prove quite difficult to see in New York — or, really anywhere in the United States. While it’s still scheduled to make its way to parts of Europe, Amazon pulled the plug on the picture’s release last…
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Film & TV The Film Adaptation Of ‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ Looks Terrifying
Page for page, there may be no more frightening children’s books than “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.” With apologies to the prolific but seldom shudder-inducing R.L. Stine’s “Goosebumps” series, Alvin Schwartz’s three-book collection of ghost stories and eerie folk tales has remained the juvenile nightmare fuel par excellence since the first volume dropped…
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Film & TV Woody Allen Will Begin Production On His 51st Film This Summer
50 films would have been a nice, round number for Woody Allen to quietly end his career with. But it looks like we’re getting another anyway. Following ongoing litigation with Amazon Studios over breach of contract on a four-picture deal spurred in part by Allen’s comments about Harvey Weinstein and revived allegations that Allen molested…
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High Constable Jacob Hays: New York’s Forgotten Jewish Super Cop
In the early years of the American republic, cities were different. Most of the young nation lived outside of urban areas, and at the turn of the 19th century, the now-sprawling metropolis of New York City contained a mere 60,000 souls mainly clustered at Manhattan’s southern tip. A modest city meant a modest form of…
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Why Saul Bellow Really Matters Right Now
As I walked into the completely packed house for a performance of “The Adventures of Augie March” — the new play based on the Saul Bellow novel that is making its world premiere right now in Chicago — I thought of how Bellow was once everywhere. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature; taught at…
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The Elusive Jewishness of “Eyes Wide Shut” — Stanley Kubrick’s Final Film
The inherent Jewishness of Arthur Schnitzler’s “Traumnovelle” — the source text for “Eyes Wide Shut” — presented early problems. Stanley Kubrick’s films rarely contained Jewish characters —Lt. Goldberg in “Dr. Strangelove” and David the Jew in “Spartacus” are rare exceptions. Typically, though, he removed Jewish characters from the source texts he adapted, including “The Killing,”…
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