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Dating As A Single, Orthodox Filmmaker Isn’t Easy
People often ask if I’m running out of story ideas for my web series “Soon By You”, which centers on Orthodox Jews dating in New York. I laugh. And then I cry. I have stories for days. It’s an interesting experiment, dating your target demographic. As much as I take bits and pieces from my…
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Might There Be A Cure For Genetic Trauma?
Is it possible for a pregnant woman under great stress to pass on that trauma to her fetus through a biological mechanism that alters her genes? And could those deleterious effects be reversed by diet? An emerging body of research has shown that survivors of the Holocaust transmit trauma to the next generation not only…
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Art How Jewish Athletes Defied Stereotypes Throughout History
Never Walk Alone: Jewish Identities in Sport At the Munich Jewish Museum Through January 7, 2018 The 1936 Berlin Olympics showcased the Nazi love of spectacle and buttressed the regime’s international legitimacy. To avert boycott threats, the government temporarily muted overt manifestations of its anti-Semitic policies, removing discriminatory signage and toning down newspaper rhetoric. But…
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25 Orthodox Jewish Moms And How They Nurse in Public
When my daughter was born, I had a lot to learn: How to reside in my new postpartum body, that had literally changed over the course of one night; how to breastfeed; how to soothe my colicky baby; how to function on less sleep. Not least of my new challenges was figuring out how to…
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Randy Newman’s 7 Most Jewish Songs
Legend has it that at age nine, Randy Newman asked his father, “Hey dad, what’s a Jew?” A friend had invited Newman to a party; the friend’s father called to explain that he had to disinvite Randy because the event was being held at a restricted country club. At that point in his life, Newman…
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How Hebrew Has Managed To Survive
The Story of Hebrew by Lewis Glinert Princeton, $27.95, 281 pages Linguists tend to imagine language as a phenomenon outside human agency, its processes, like language change and acquisition, explained by deterministic rules. Dartmouth linguist Lewis Glinert, author of “The Story of Hebrew,” disputes the model that, stretching back to René Descartes, frames language and…
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Does ‘Death Wish’ Show How Jews Benefit From White Supremacist Fantasies?
“He looked like a white dude,” an earnest cop tells her superior in the new trailer for Eli Roth’s remake of the film “Death Wish.” She’s describing Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis,) a heavily armed vigilante engaged in a one-man war on crime. But she could also be talking about director Eli Roth himself — a…
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Top Orthodox Women Lifestyle Influencers You Should Follow On Instagram
Did you read our story on Orthodox women turning to Instagram, as powerful platforms outside of traditional print media? Check out these popular frum lifestyle bloggers, for a window into real Orthodox Jewish daily life. Adi Heyman – @adiheyman Heyman, UWS-based creator of the popular lifestyle site fabologie.com, offers “a personal edit of modest fashion…
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Does Stephen Miller Really Want To Take On Emma Lazarus?
Stephen Miller, the white nationalist aide to President Trump took on a somewhat strange new enemy yesterday: Emma Lazarus. Lazarus, a relative of the United States’s first Jewish settler, wrote the poem “The New Colossus” to raise funds for the base of the Statue of Liberty in 1883. That poem, most famous for the lines…
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Why I Regret My Daughters’ Bat Mitzvahs
I have a friend who has an 11 year old son. He’s your typical great kid – smart, athletic, polite. And he has a Bar Mitzvah date set for two years from now. This is my friend’s first foray into the Bar Mitzvah world and she’s jumping in feet first. She’s looking to make a…
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A Very Personal Guide To Jewish Dating In 2017 (Part I)
Almost every week a Facebook event pops up on my timeline inviting me to mingle at a “20s and 30s” night with other young Jews. Sometimes I wonder if my mom is controlling my feed. I’ve attended at least a dozen of these functions over the past two years, usually with the prospect of meeting…
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