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In a few months, when the weather is warm and candy hearts are stale — American Jews will have a second stab at Valentine’s Day. Tu B’av, (pronounced “too-beh-ahv”), a minor holiday on the 15th of Av, lands in late summer, this year in August. Known as the Jewish Valentine’s Day, it’s a popular day…
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. It’s not a secret that the Forward historically promoted Jewish assimilation into broader American culture, encouraging its readers, among other things, to speak English, learn to make apple pie and play baseball. Still, I was a bit taken aback when my colleague, Forward archivist Chana Pollack, showed…
I could feel sweat dripping down every crevice. For my burlesque show, Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad, I was cloaked in a Hasidic costume, a man’s full itchy wool suit, fake payot, and a fur hat — all soon to be ripped off, minus the Star of David pasties. As I stepped on onto the…
Share these comics with your favorite someone to spread some love. (Also, if anyone has more chocolates, please send them to me because I already ate my whole box.)
Unlike liberal arts school, reality television isn’t exactly known for its concentration of Jewish people. From “The Bachelor” to the Real Housewives franchise, representation is sorely wanting. Until now. Meet Amit Neuman, the latest addition to Bravo’s “Summer House.” “Summer House”, currently in its second season, follows a group of New York City yuppies, most…
Let me start by saying that I am pro-love. I believe we should show love. I believe I should show love to my parents and to my daughters. I believe I should love my wife and love my neighbor — even if I’m careful to show those last two in different ways (for which I…
They met in the Vichy-run Gurs concentration camp, in southwestern France. It was the winter of 1940. She was 16, he was 19. “There were many artists imprisoned in Gurs,” Hanne Liebmann reflects today, in her Queens home. “We had a cultural life there, despite the circumstances. They would organize concerts.” Hanne Hirsch had been…
Jews have had an appetite for chocolate for generations. A tin of Barton’s Almond Kisses. A stretchy yellow pouch of Elite Gelt. Imagine the intersection of Jewish life and chocolate, and those are the markers that likely come to mind. Less likely, but no less pivotal, is the liquid delicacy that Inquisition-era Sephardi Jews introduced…
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Dec 7, 2022
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A conversation with Julia Haart and her son Shlomo, stars of Netflix's 'My Unorthodox Life,' about the new season and much more.
