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Fast Forward Alan Bergman, Oscar-winning lyricist and ‘father figure’ to Barbra Streisand, dies at 99
Bergman and his wife Marilyn wrote the words for “The Way We Were,” “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” and the songs in the movie “Yentl"
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Music Can 6 hours of Billy Joel turn critics into believers?
The HBO doc ‘And So it Goes’ makes the case for the Piano Man’s ongoing angst
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Fast Forward Woodstock, but make it Orthodox: A Jewish music festival comes to the Catskills
Yamim Ba’im, starring Orthodox Israeli superstar Ishay Ribo, will take place Aug. 7 at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts — the same site as the legendary 1969 Woodstock Festival
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Fast Forward State Dept. revokes visas for Bob Vylan following ‘death to the IDF’ chants at Glastonbury
“Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country,” said an official
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Music Anyone who tells you that you shouldn’t meet your heroes never met Jill Sobule
Jill Sobule was a Queer Jewish icon, a born entertainer, my mentor and my friend
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Fast Forward Another Irish band airs pro-Palestinian message at festival: ‘Israel is committing genocide’
Irish post-punk band Fontaines D.C. has shown support for Palestinians on multiple occasions
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Fast Forward All San Diego Jewish organizations pull out of Pride festival over Kehlani performance, citing ‘serious safety concerns’
The announcement is the latest in a string of recent criticism and cancellations Kehlani has faced
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Fast Forward ‘I’m a Zionist,’ rapper Azealia Banks declares in latest tweet spree
“No black person should be supporting Palestine,” wrote Banks in one of over 45 posts on the subjects this week
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Film & TV The new ‘Superman’ is being called anti-Israel, but does that make it pro-Palestine?
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Yiddish אַב קאַהאַנס נאָוועלע „יעקל“ ווערט מגולגל אין אַן אָפּערעAb Cahan’s novella “Yekl” transformed into an opera
דער קאָמפּאָזיטאָר דן שאָר האָט זיך אינספּירירט פֿונעם פֿילם „העסטער סטריט“, וואָס איז אויך באַזירט אויף דער נאָוועלע
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Yiddish פֿרוידס פּסיאָנאָלאָטישע טעאָריעס און דער ייִדישער געדאַנקען־גאַנגFreud’s psychoanalytic theory and Jewish thought
פֿרױד האָט אַנטדעקט אינערלעכע סודות פֿונעם איך, בעת מאַקס װײַנרײַך האָט געפֿאָרשט די פּסיכאָלאָגיע פֿונעם ייִדישן פֿאָלק.
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