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I have seen the future of America — in a pastrami sandwich in Queens
San Wei, which serves pastrami sandwiches along with churros and biang biang noodles, represents an immigrant's fulfillment of the American dream
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Is This Beaver The Moses Of Canada?
On April 14, Saskatchewan experienced a Passover miracle. Heading out to check on their herd of cattle, ranchers Adrienne and Aaron Ivey saw something nearly as odd as locusts falling from the sky, and much more welcome: A beaver leading 150 of their heifers in a docile march across their property. Why was this beaver…
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Why These Jewish Scientists Will Be Marching On Saturday
David Mogul is marching for more funding. Roy Plotnick is worried about the long-term effects on innovation and Ariel Anbar want to show that “those of us dedicated to the pursuit of new knowledge are not locked away in an ivory tower lab.” The April 22 March for Science — which is taking place in…
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‘Unleavened’ Brings Spirit Of Passover To Stage — With Broadway Royalty
(JTA) — What happens when you cram a bunch of Broadway’s brightest Jewish talent into a room to celebrate a festival-like seder on the last evening of Passover? The answer, as you might have guessed, is much more than a lively rendition of “Dayenu.” On Monday night, Benj Pasek (who penned the lyrics for the “La La Land”…
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Breathtaking Postcards Bring Lost Synagogues Back To Life
The sanctuary of the Great Synagogue in Lodz was probably not, in actuality, sour-apple green. Yet in a late 19th- or early 20th-century postcard showcasing the synagogue’s interior, colorized with an outré enthusiasm, a chandelier and sections of the bimah are the color of a doctor’s-office lollipop. That candy-tinted symbol of times past might, when…
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Gershom Scholem — Prophet, Provocateur And Prude
George Prochnik has published studies of Stefan Zweig; noise pollution and Sigmund Freud’s contribution to the development of psychology in America. His latest book, “Stranger in a Strange Land: Searching for Gershom Scholem and Jerusalem,” was recently published by Other Press. Recently Mr. Prochnik took time to speak with The Forward’s Benjamin Ivry about Scholem,…
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EXCLUSIVE FOR 4/20: The Ten Commandments Of Weed
Editor’s Note: To note the cannabis celebration of 4/20, we have invited prominent marijuana journalist Neal Pollack to offer his commandments with regard to the titular substance along with his textual commentaries. “Now Moses was leading the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, because Jethro was practicing self-care and taking some ‘me time,’ and Moses led…
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Why These Jewish Scientists Will Be Marching On Saturday
David Mogul is marching for more funding. Roy Plotnick is worried about the long-term effects on innovation and Ariel Anbar want to show that “those of us dedicated to the pursuit of new knowledge are not locked away in an ivory tower lab.” The April 22 March for Science — which is taking place in…
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The ‘Unicorn Of Mollusks’ Is The World’s Rarest Treyf
If you are a Jew who either keeps kosher or feels vaguely guilty about not doing so, should you be worried that the world is running out of slimy sea creatures for you to sanctimoniously (and gratefully) refuse to eat? Not anymore: The world’s rarest treyf has been found. It’s appetizingly known as the giant…
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This Scion Of Jewish Humor Tried To Stop Trump’s Wall — With Art
If you ask any given member of the self-declared resistance to President Trump what they dislike about his policies, they’ll likely respond along ideological lines, protesting his administration’s attitude to immigrants, Muslims, or the environment – to name just a few of-the-moment issues. Sarah Zapolsky, a researcher and social science analyst who works in the…
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Why Did Son Of Jewish Radicals Write A Play About Muslim Americans?
Zach Galifianakis, a comic who has mastered the art of making things so unfunny as to be hilarious, hosts a notoriously awkward online talk show called “Between Two Ferns.” In it, he seats himself and a guest – past participants have included Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Justin Bieber – between two leafy specimens, and…
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110 Years Later, This Tragic Yiddish Scandal Is More Timely Than Ever
The opening moments of “Indecent” are breathtaking. As you enter the Cort Theatre, where this Yiddish-theater drama-within-a-drama opened tonight, the cast is waiting, sitting quietly in an upstage row of chairs, dressed in early-20th-century clothes, valises at their sides. When the play begins, they stand and make their way onto the raised stage in front…
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