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The First-Ever Yiddish-Cuban Opera? Probably.
‘ Frank London’s “Hatuey: Memory of Fire,” a good bet to be the world’s first Yiddish-Cuban opera, is enjoying its U.S. premiere at the Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair State University through September 23. Given the story, which is based on a Yiddish epic poem written by Ukrainian-Jewish immigrant Asher Penn in Havana in 1931…
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Virtual Reality, Rare Artifacts And More At The Museum Of Jewish Heritage’s New Exhibit
Like many institutions devoted to Holocaust education, the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan is confronting a problem: How to tell the stories of survivors when their numbers are dwindling. “In Confidence: Holocaust History Told By Those Who Lived It,” a new exhibit that opened at the museum on September 16, poses a variety of…
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Heroic Teacher, Pugnacious Union Thug — Remembering My Grandma Doris
My grandma was what I like to call O.G (original gangsta) union thug. Doris “Heavy D” Joravsky was a Chicago Public School teacher for thirty years. She taught in schools all over the city from Burr Elementary in a pre-gentrified Bucktown to George Armstrong Elementary in Rogers Park. She was a straight-shooter, who was dedicated…
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WATCH: A Yiddish Version of ‘The Sound of Silence’
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. Paul Simon has been prominent in the zeitgeist recently. Ever since the legendary folk-rock singer announced his pending retirement, numerous musicians have paid tribute to the songwriter who has provided a soundtrack to three generations of American life. The small world of contemporary Yiddish-language pop music is…
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A New Film Shows Garry Winogrand’s Life Up Close
When photographer Garry Winogrand died in 1984, he left the world thousands of rolls of undeveloped film. Since that time, those who knew him best have been reckoning not just with his backlog, but also with the legacy of the man himself. In the documentary “Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable,” opening Wednesday September 19…
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Art Nan Goldin Cries ‘Shame’ Over Purdue Pharma’s Anti-Opioid Patent
On September 10, 2018 photographer Nan Goldin continued her protest of Purdue Pharma, which she believes is turning a profit off of opioid addiction — and this time she brought backup. Hyperallergic reports that Goldin’s organization P.A.I.N. Sackler, the Appalachian-based arts collective Queer Appalachia and leadership group the Voices Project joined forces in a statement…
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Hear The Only Recording Of Freud’s Voice
What did Sigmund Freud sound like? We may imagine the heavily-accented, precisely-pronounced English fed to us by pop culture parodies and tributes from “Bill & Ted” to “A Dangerous Method.” While actual audio of Freud is surprisingly scarce, what little we do have seems to support the broader impressions that exist – though it comes…
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Barbara Cassin: What Hannah Arendt Could Teach Israel
On May 4 of this year, Barbara Cassin, a French Jewish philologist and philosopher born in 1947, was elected to the Académie française. Of over 720 members of the French Academy since the 1600s, Cassin is only the second Jewish woman, after the government minister and Auschwitz survivor Simone Veil (1927-2017). A third academician, historian…
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September 27: Scarsdale, New York: Scotch In A Sukkah
Toast the new year with neat glass of scotch under the stars. Join the Forward’s whisky correspondent Dan Friedman at the JCC in Mid Westchester for Scotch in the Sukkah – Annual Guy’s Night Out!. Taste some delicious single malts, as well as whiskies of a broad range of ages and origins in a casual…
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September 20: Manhattan: Love Gilda: Film Screening Celebrates Jewish Women In Comedy
Gilda Radner stole hearts and elicited bellyaching laughter as one of Saturday Night Live’s first superstars. One of the most influential comedians of the 20th century, Radner — who died tragically of ovarian cancer in 1989 — is the focus of a new documentary, “Love Gilda: the Eternal Spirit of Gilda Radner.” Join us for…
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Gary Shteyngart On Asthmatic Readers, Greyhound Rides And The Scariest Jews He’s Ever Met
Gary Shtyengart’s new book, “Lake Success,” his first novel in seven years, follows Barry Cohen, a hedge-fund trader under investigation from the SEC, as he bails on his marriage and his autistic toddler son in favor of a Greyhound bus ride in search of the “real America.” It’s a midlife crisis road-trip novel set in…
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