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How A Jewish Artist Reclaimed ‘Mein Kampf’
Gideon Rubin wasn’t expecting a package on that spring morning a year ago, although his wife, Silia Ka Tung, had been having strange things delivered to their London flat for months. Rubin, an Israeli-born painter, was working on a project that would be exhibited at London’s Freud Museum for the 80th anniversary of the psychoanalyst’s…
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Do Israeli Writers Still Care About Israeli Literature?
The prominent literary critic and editor Yigal Schwartz has published a new book that considers why Israeli readers are reading less Israeli literature in favor of work in translation — and it is sparking passionate conversation in literary circles in Israel. Schwartz is the senior literary editor for Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir, the largest publisher in…
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Music Former Table Tennis National Champion, Maccabiah Games Competitor to Appear in New York Philharmonic
Michael Landers, a former national table tennis champion who competed in 2013’s Maccabiah Games, is set to appear in his New York Philharmonic debut on February 20, in Andy Akiho’s concerto “Ricochet.” While the New York Times reports that Landers has perfect pitch and a fondness for bassoon, it his table tennis prowess that will…
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Barbara Harshav Is First Hebrew And Yiddish Translator To Win Lifetime Achievement Award
Barbara Harshav, a translator of Hebrew and Yiddish literature, will receive this year’s prestigious PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation, given every three years to recognize an outstanding translator for lifetime achievement. Harshav is the first Hebrew or Yiddish translator to receive the award — and in the world of Jewish literature, Harshav’s win is being…
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Making Superman Jewish Again
(JTA) — DC Comics’ newest writer says that the choices he has made for his new Superman series are “deeply connected to [the character’s] origins.” And those origins are very Jewish. Brian Michael Bendis, who recently jumped ship from Marvel to DC Comics, will start drawing new comic books with the iconic superhero in May….
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An Amateur Photographer’s Remarkable Shots Of London’s East End Reemerge
David Granick took thousands of photographs of London’s East End in the 1960s and 70s. For decades after his death, his collection sat in a local archive. Now, after a local photographer rediscovered the images, archivists have digitized, exhibited and published his photographs. The stunning pictures capture a unique community on the brink of rapid…
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Newsweek Has An Impressive History Of Investigative Journalism. What About Its Future?
Newsweek’s editorial future was thrown into chaos on February 6, when the publication fired two top editors and two senior reporters. In the aftermath of the firings, several members of the editorial staff of Newsweek and the International Business Times, which shares Newsweek’s publisher, resigned in protest. An anonymous Newsweek staffer told Buzzfeed that the…
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The Jewish Museum’s New Exhibit Should Be More Radical. Here’s How.
If you wish to be radicalized as a Jew, one unconventional way to do so would be to visit the Jewish Museum. While a comfortably endowed cultural institution housed in a 5th Avenue mansion may not sound like a hotbed of revolution, one of the near-600 items in the new permanent exhibit “Scenes from the…
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Finally, A TV Show Shows How Journalists Mistreat The Ex-Orthodox
Given that “High Maintenance,” the HBO series about weed dealers and their regular clients situations is set in New York, it was only a matter of time before the show featured characters from the Ultra-Orthodox community. “Derech,” which premiered in February, concerns a reporter’s romantic interest in an ex-Chasid, but two common patterns differentiate it…
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The Secret Jewish History Of The Chinese New Year
This year, the Chinese New Year falls on Friday, February 16, the day when revelers — by some estimates, fully one-sixth of the earth’s population — will usher in the Year of the Dog. The day is observed throughout China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore and some other Asian countries, as well as in Chinatowns around the…
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Breathtaking, Rare Yiddish Magazines Get New Life Online
A treasure trove of Yiddish avant-garde journals from the period between the two world wars is now online through a remarkable digitization project called Milgroym. The project presents originals, translations, and commentaries, and the visuals are breathtaking; treats for the online reader include a drawing for a Chassidic costume for a modernist ballet, circa 1923….
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