Out and About
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Brooklyn has a [new Jewish superhero.][1]
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A synagogue and a church will share space in a historic New York chapel.
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Joel Schalit writes an open letter to Gunter Grass.
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The Jewish Journal talks to Frank London of The Klezmatics.
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Herman Wouk, who will be 97 in May, is coming out with a new novel.
[1]: http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/04/11/new-jewish-superhero- rises-from-brooklyn-2/
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The latest issue of the LABA journal is out, featuring essays by Elissa Strauss, Stephen Hazan Arnoff, and Ruby Namdar.
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Adler Peckerar of Yiddishkayt LA is launching the Helix Project, an all-expenses-paid Jewish roots tour of Eastern Europe.
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Adam Kirsch traces the evolution of Susan Sontag through her journals.
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Literary scholar Edmund L. Epstein, credited with American success of “Lord of the Flies,” has died at 80.
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