Out and About
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Rabbi Norman Lamm’s new book on Purim gets a glowing review.
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HEEB talks to “Footnote” director Joseph Cedar.
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On the Yiddish Song of the Week blog, listen to “Hayda-liu-liu” performed by the linguist Mordkhe Schaechter.
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Daniel Treiman identifies ‘the greatest tangent in movie reviewing’ in a piece by former New York City mayor Ed Koch.
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Woody Allen’s “Bullets Over Broadway” is heading to Broadway.
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Michael Stuhlbarg talks about “Hugo” and the upcoming season of “Boardwalk Empire.”
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Zackary Sholem Berger reflects on the great Yiddish literary journal, Di Goldene Keyt.
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The earliest known Ladino-language memoir is translated and back in print.
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Watch a new music video by The Arty Semite contributor Max Elstein Keisler:
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