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Author Blog: Beyond Words
Earlier, Boaz Yakin wrote about empathy and conflict. His blog posts are featured on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish Learning’s Author Blog Series. For more information on the series, please visit: In New York City, in our Upper West Side apartment, my little brother and I watched my…
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Books Author Blog: Empathy and Conflict
Boaz Yakin’s most recent graphic novel, “Jerusalem: A Family Portrait,” illustrated by Nick Bertozzi, will be published later this month. His blog posts are featured on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish Learning’s Author Blog Series. For more information on the series, please visit: It seems to me that…
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Doing Nothing Pays Off For Seinfeld
George had it right all along: doing nothing pays off. Fifteen years after the Massachusetts’s Good Samaritan law landed the fabulous foursome in jail, the show has reportedly earned approximately $3.1 billion in reruns, The Independent reported on Wednesday. Yes, that’s right. Billion. Co-creators Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David have earned an estimated $400 million…
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Jew in a Box?
What does it mean to reduce the contemporary Jewish experience to a series of quotes, objects and stereotypes, and to conclude an exhibit by placing a live human in a glass box to answer the questions of museum-goers? On March 22, Jews gathered across the world to observe the start of the Passover holiday, recalling…
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Stephen Hawking To Visit Israel
British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, 71, will be visiting Israel in June for the first time in almost seven years. In 2006, Hawking was invited by the British Embassy to tour the country and meet with prominent academics. The renowned author of “A Brief History of Time,” will be participating in the fifth President’s Conference,…
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Counting the Omar
A Tumblr blog has devised an original take on the traditional counting of the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot — Omar style. “Counting The Omar 2013” counts out every day of the Omer period with a meaningful saying by Omar Little from “The Wire,” the drug-dealer-robbing thief played by Michael K. Williams. The counting…
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16 Jewish Celebs on Instagram
Ah, Instagram. A place where everything glows with the soft light of filters and even your non-Hollywood-celebrity-life can look put together and artsy. So just imagine what it can do for those whose lives are already more glitz-filled than yours. Kat Dennings looks quirky, Mark Zuckerberg shows off his dog, Amanda Bynes self-destructs, and Bar…
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A Playwright Confronts His Shadows
Playwright Ari Roth stumbles sometimes when discussing the characters in “Andy and the Shadows,” his family drama that opens this week at Washington, D.C.’s Theater J. In fact, when Roth discusses Nate, the patriarch in the work, he slips, saying, “my father.” It’s undestandable, for Roth, long-time artistic director of Washington D.C. JCC-based theater, has…
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A Viral Video, Courtesy of Drake
Ever wondered what Toronto at 5 a.m. looks like? The answer is: nothing. The bars are closed, doors are shut, and the city is pretty much deserted. But Drake, being Drake, decided to give you the grand tour anyway, in what he decided is a viral video. That might be like my first viral video….
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Joan Rivers Calls Adele Fat…Again
After recently mocking Adele’s weight in a recent appearance on “Letterman”, Joan Rivers is at it again. In an interview on HuffPost Live on Friday, the E! Fashion Police host didn’t back down from her comment that the hit singer should have added “fried chicken” to the end of “Rolling In The Deep;” in fact,…
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5 Jewish Things About Baseball Opening Day
Who still says Jews can’t be good at sports? With baseball season kicking off (or rather, batting off), we’ve rounded up the top five Jewish things you should know about the who’s who of America’s pastime. These guys are all more kosher than the hot dogs at Citi Field. 1. Kevin Youkilis No, he’s not…
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