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Protesting an Anti-Immigration Bill, and More Forward Looking Back
100 Years Ago With only seven senators voting against it, the Burnett anti-immigration bill now has an excellent chance of becoming a law. It is likely that it will pass with a large majority in the House as well. While it’s true that the bill has been amended and is now not as bad is…
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The Last Time We Saw ‘God of Vengeance’ on Broadway, the Whole Cast Got Arrested
To Eleanor Reissa, director of New Yiddish Rep’s current revival of “God of Vengeance,” Sholem Asch’s controversial 1907 play is about questions, often maddeningly unanswerable ones. “Who is to blame? What is it about? Who is the most corrupt? What does it mean to be this kind of religious Jew? What is a whore? What…
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‘The Best Hope For Yiddish is in Israel:’ An Interview With Scholar Avrom Nowerstern
The following article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. It was translated from the Yiddish by Meena Viswanath. Dr. Avrom Nowerstern, the long-standing Yiddish teacher and researcher, is the director of Beth Shalom Aleichem in Tel Aviv. He was born in Argentina in 1951 and moved to Israel in 1969. Nowerstern is no newcomer to…
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The Secret Jewish History of Spain’s Most Famous Pig
The clock is ticking again for the most famous resident of La Alberca, a quaint, medieval Spanish village three hours west of Madrid. For seven months of the year, an Iberian pig roams this town. The famous swine is blessed on June 13 each year, then spends his days sleeping in the streets and being…
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The Coen Brothers Just Announced Their First Foray Into Television
The Golden Age of T.V. continues to get shinier – Joel and Ethan Coen just announced yesterday that they will be creating their first project for television. Little is known about the project so far, but we do know that it will be a limited-run series entitled “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” (a classically silly Coen…
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Was David Bowie’s Last Work About Bob Dylan and a Jewish Poet?
According to an essay written by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and screenwriter Michael Cunningham (“The Hours”), the David Bowie musical “Lazarus” was initially conceived as a show about the great Jewish-American poet, Emma Lazarus, who is best known for her sonnet, “The New Colossus,” whose lines appear inscribed on a bronze plaque in the pedestal of…
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5 Standouts at the New York Jewish Film Festival
Are this year’s Oscar contenders letting you down? The New York Jewish Film Festival begins its 26th year on Wednesday, and as always, its slate of films is diverse enough to please the most demanding cinephiles. Here are five flicks worth braving the cold to see at the Film Society of Lincoln Center during the…
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Jonathan Sarna Thinks Trump Can’t Turn Back the Clock
In Philip Eil’s article “6 Jewish Historians Tell Us What To Expect in 2017 and Beyond,” Jonathan Sarna worries about efforts to reverse progress made on liberal causes. Here’s what he had to say: Jonathan Sarna Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University Author of “American Judaism: A History” Part of me worries that…
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Why Jews Can’t Remain Neutral in Trump’s America
In Philip Eil’s article “6 Jewish Historians Tell Us What To Expect in 2017 and Beyond,” he speaks to Professor Riv-Ellen Prell, who says that Jews will not be able to play it safe this time around. Riv-Ellen Prell Professor Emerita of American Studies at the University of Minnesota Author of “Women Remaking American Judaism”…
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Why We Probably Shouldn’t Worry About New Pogroms
In his article “6 Jewish Historians Tell Us What To Expect in 2017 — and Beyond,” Philip Eil spoke to historian David Biale about how anti-Semitism was granted legitimacy in 2017. Here’s the full text of his remarks: David Biale Professor of Jewish History at University of California, Davis Author of “Not in the Heavens:…
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Why Jews Will Pay More Attention to Civil Liberties
In his article “6 Jewish Historians Tell Us What To Expect in 2017 — and Beyond,” Philip Eil interviewed historian Gary P. Zola about how Jews are reacting to Donald Trump’s election. Here’s the full text of Zola’s remarks. Gary P. Zola Professor of the American Jewish Experience and Reform Jewish History at Hebrew Union…
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