Out and About: Elizabeth Taylor’s Best Roles; Translating Kabbalistic Poetry
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The San Francisco Bay Guardian profiles Rabbi Michael Lerner on the 25th anniversary of Tikkun Magaine.
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Watch a selection of Elizabeth Taylor’s best roles.
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How Jewish playwrights adapted Shakespeare for the Yiddish stage.
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“The Jump Artist,” the debut novel by Austin Ratner, has won the $100,000 Sami Rohr prize. Read the Forward’s review here and an excerpt here.
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Robyn Creswell interviews Peter Cole, translator of kabbalistic poetry.
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For actress and comedian Jackie Hoffman, complaining is practically a way of life.
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Israeli-born KISS bassist Gene Simmons speaks out against boycotters.
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Speaking of which, Bob Dylan will be performing in Israel for the first time since 1993. Leil Leibovitz suggests a setlist.
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HEEB talks to painter Gary Baseman about his new exhibit, “Walking Through Walls.”
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A gallery of Arab and Palestinian art in northern Israel is thriving.
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Two filmmakers honor Rabbi Joachim Prinz, “one of the most influential and controversial leaders of American Judaism.”
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View a slideshow of The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust.
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