Out and About
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The iconic Negev bookstore in Toronto is set to close.
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“A Sportman’s Guide to the Torah”? Of course there’s such a thing.
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Will Sacha Baron Cohen be allowed to attend the Oscars in character?
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Susan Goldman Rubin has won the Association of Jewish Libraries’ Sydney Taylor Book Award for her biography of Leonard Bernstein.
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Marc Tracy goes to hear Woody Allen talk about magic, among other things.
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HEEB Magazine turns 10 years old tonight.
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Jewish rappers talk about Judaism.
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Jazz Age Brooklyn architect Abraham J. Simberg is finally getting some respect.
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The Museum of Jewish Heritage talks to film scholar, and The Arty Semite contributor, Nathan Abrams.
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The brand new David Twersky Journalism Award goes to Andrew Silow-Carroll, editor of the New Jersey Jewish News.
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Two Israeli films have taken home awards from the Berlin International Film Festival.
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