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SIMCHAT TORAH SHTICK
Looking for a fun way to mark Simchat Torah? The completion of the annual Torah-reading cycle is being celebrated in two synagogue performances by Yiddishe Cup, a Cleveland-based klezmer band. Audiences are invited to dance along with the band’s “shtickmeister,” klezmer dancer Daniel Ducoff. The band comprises Bert Stratton on clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax…
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New Republic Cancels an Invite to Foe of Saudis
The New Republic magazine is coming under attack for co-sponsoring a recent forum with Saudi Arabia and allegedly agreeing to the kingdom’s demand that it withdraw its invitation to a leading critic of Riyadh. Author Stephen Schwartz told the Forward that he was removed from the panel at the behest of Saudi Arabia, which co-sponsored…
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Luck of the Eye-er-ish
Writing this column is most fun when I manage to solve a linguistic mystery that Forward readers present me with. This time, I have Bernard Smith of Saratoga Springs, Fla., to thank for the opportunity. He writes: I come from Glasgow and although I didn’t grow up speaking Yiddish, my family did use some Yiddish…
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METROPOLITAN NEW YORK
Sukkot Sukkot Scavengers: Children of all ages are invited to a Sukkot celebration. Activities include a scavenger hunt in search of the four species of Sukkot — the species of plants that are blessed during the holiday in the form of a lulav and etrog — making pomegranate print sukkah decorations, creating a model sukkah,…
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Rightist Minister Bridges Religious Divide, for Tourism
To most observers in this country, Israeli Tourism Minister Benny Elon does not readily conjure up images of pluralism and tolerance. Leader of the far-right Moledet Party, which advocates the “transfer” of Palestinians from the West Bank to nearby Arab countries, Elon is seen as one of the most politically extreme figures in Prime Minister…
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The Best Album You’ve Never Read
Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp met in 1995 while working at the Hohner musical instrument warehouse and repair center in northern Virginia. There, as Hearst tuned harmonicas eight hours a day while Camp worked as an accordion technician, the two developed a friendship based on a shared interest in oddball instruments. The Hohner factory in…
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CAPTURING THE HUMAN FORM
Under the Nazi regime, the art of Ludwig Meidner (1884-1966) was labeled “degenerate.” Today, the Jewish artist is remembered as a key figure in the history of German Expressionism. His self-portrait is on display in “Body & Soul: Expressionism and the Human Figure,” among 65 works by various artists that trace the genesis of figural…
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Back-to-School Shpilkes
It’s finally starting to feel like autumn here in New York. Apples are getting crisper. Josie wore her first jumper and tights (which she refers to as her “jump-rope and kites”). We bought new leather shoes. And all the mameles I know with kids in school are breathing huge sighs of relief and making plans…
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Capturing the Meanderings of Memory
Benjamin Balint is the assistant editor of Commentary magazine. The Hooligan’s Return: A Memoir By Norman Manea Translated by Angela Jianu Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 385 pages, $30. * * *| In one of Norman Manea’s novellas, “The Interrogation,” the main character, a young woman imprisoned in an unnamed place for an unnamed political crime,…
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In This Week’s Yiddish Forward
• Sukkot holiday folklore. • Joshua Fishman writes on the new dangers of antisemitism. • Rukhl Schaechter reviews Peter Rosen’s documentary “Khachaturian,” the story of a talented Armenian composer who reluctantly became a posterboy for the Soviet ideal. • Mikhail Krutikov writes on Jewish studies in Russia and the politics that affect them. •Gennadi Estraikh…
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Peru’s Outspoken First Lady Redefines a Traditional Role
Eliane Karp does not match the usual job description for first lady of Peru. In a country where machismo is alive and well, the first lady is expected to be native-born, Catholic, dark-haired and (very) quiet. Karp is Belgian-born, Jewish, red-haired and (very) outspoken. But she does not mind challenging people’s expectations. “They see this…
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