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On June 9, 2009 Javier Sinay, a Jewish Argentine journalist, received a startling email from his father, who had just discovered that his grandfather — Sinay’s great-grandfather — had written an account of gruesome crimes against Jews.
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Israeli fighter Natan Levy is about to embark on his eighth professional fight on April 30th in Las Vegas.
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Mimouna is a joyous celebration of love, hope, faith and springtime.
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By the eighth day of Passover, most of us have grown weary of matzah.
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Traditional food is the hub of any Jewish holiday, and you can’t get more traditional than brisket.
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Raise Your Spirits (RYS) Theatre released, in the days leading up to Pesach, the video (for women only) and audio recording (for everyone) of our latest biblical operetta, “REBECCA! Mother of Two Dynasties.”
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American artist Frank Stella’s “Had Gadya” series has arrived at the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in Los Angeles.
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When husband and wife team Salvador Litvak and Nina Davidovich Litvak released their Passover comedy “When Do We Eat?” in 2005, they knew they had created something special.
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The Passover episode of “Rugrats” originally aired in 1995 and earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
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“The Star of David is a part of me,” says 16-year-old Soheil to his Islamist gang friends in a Berlin suburb. They have discovered that he is Jewish and are not pleased. But Soheil stands his ground, proudly wearing his Persian grandmother’s Star of David and studying his heritage at the local synagogue. He doesn’t […]
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Sholem Aleichem is more than a classic; he is a symbol of the Jewish people and its survival.
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Charoset is one of the stars of the Passover Seder.
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Mayim Bialik didn’t set out to write her new film “As They Made Us.” Instead, it happened naturally.
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I am fascinated by your decision (with your Bible too), to use the word rational ... on one level, I get it, the message is that this tradition is reasonable and relevant — and in a world that is too dismissive of our ancient yet still timely teachings, I get it.
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Carl Bernstein is best known for his role in breaking the story that would become President Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal, but he doesn’t even mention Watergate in his newest memoir, “Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom.”
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On June 9, 2009 Javier Sinay, a Jewish Argentine journalist, received a startling email from his father, who had just discovered that his grandfather—Sinay’s great-grandfather—had written an account of gruesome crimes against Jews. In an article published in Yiddish in 1947, Mijl Hacohen Sinay, Sinay’s great-grandfather, wrote that between 1889 and 1906, twenty-two Jews were […]
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It finally happened. I finally found a Jewish children’s picture book that depicts dark-haired and dark-skinned Middle Eastern-looking townspeople, rather than bakers, merchants and passerby who all look like Tevye the Milkman.
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“American Birthright” is a documentary about having difficult conversations. The writer and director, Becky Tahel, made her movie to find the answer to two questions: “Should I marry Jewish?” and “Why be Jewish?” The inspiration behind the documentary came to Tahel when her younger sister Gal became engaged to a non-Jew. Gal and her fiancé […]
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Whatever customs your family follows at the Seder, just know that you are creating moments of joy and pride and lasting memories.
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The very name of the documentary “We Survived Together,” which premieres at the Museum of Tolerance on April 6, seems to promise a happy ending.
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Rebecca Eskreis knew that she was living the dream when directing “What Breaks the Ice.”
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When comedian and magician Judy Carter was eight years old, she started doing magic to try to escape her life circumstances.
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Whenever I’m invited for a meal and I ask the hostess what she’d like me to bring, the answer is usually “Chocolate Torte, please!”
The post From Vienna, With Love: A Hazelnut and Chocolate Cake Too Good To Passover appeared first on Jewish Journal.
Judaism plays a significant role in the play “The Lehman Trilogy.”
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Parents are tasked with feeding their children on a daily basis.
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In 2010, Leeav Sofer was in university studying clarinet and voice.
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When Brooklyn-born brothers Gary and Errol Winkler came to Southern California in 1973, they dreamed of bringing refreshing Coney Island-style Italian ices to the sunny West Coast.
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“Trayf” is an award-winning play that is kosher for those with a taste for Jewish-themed theater and anyone who has ever pondered “What makes a Jewish soul?”
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A Life-Changing Experience! African Safari Lodge There are few experiences as exhilarating and life changing as going on safari to Africa. It is not just a vacation; it is a magical and unforgettable experience. You will take something with you when you leave, and some part of you will stay behind. While interest in Safaris […]
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Most Americans of a certain age still remember where they were when John F. Kennedy was killed in November 1963.
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Is it possible to feel an emotional attachment to a restaurant you never went to?
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For Rachel and I, interviewing Chef Shimi Aaron at last week’s WIZO Queen Esther Purim Luncheon was like reuniting with a long-lost brother.
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In 1944, during the most intense final period of the murder of the Jews, there was an advertisement in major newspapers: “Jews for Sale.” There were no takers; after all, what was one going to do with these Jews and who would pay for their ransom?
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“Sharon! Your grandmother’s cookies!!” was the excited direct message from our friend Ruth when she saw our Instagram post about the upcoming Sephardic Spice Girls Iraqi Master Bake Class.
The post A Date with a Purim Destiny and The Rolled Up Sweetness of Fijuelas appeared first on Jewish Journal.
Thirty years. That’s approximately how long I’ve had a subscription to Entertainment Weekly (EW).
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“The New Black,” an Israeli TV show that depicts Haredi yeshiva boys like you’ve never seen them before, is now playing on the new ChaiFlicks streaming platform.
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Forget judging a book by its cover: one look at the facial expression on Johanna Kaplan’s author picture on the back flap of “Loss of Memory is Only Temporary” will give a reader everything they need to know about this book.
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Sharon Landau has an intimate understanding of the Israeli community in the United States.
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Allison Josephs, founder of the website Jew in the City (JITC), has established the JITC Hollywood Bureau, which she views as the natural next step in her organization’s 15-year campaign to correct myths and misconceptions about Orthodox Jews.
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Some of the most precious memories that our good friend Mona has from her childhood are the summers she spent with her grandmother Mamamohtaram in Tehran. Her grandmother lived on the ground floor of a three-story building with high walls and a large garden.Her elder son and his family lived on the middle floor and […]
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Danielle Finn has been singing ever since she was a little girl. She had her first singing lesson was she was 7-years-old and was in the choir at Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy and Shalhevet High School. Now, the 17-year-old has made her television debut, appearing as a contestant on “American Idol” on Sunday, February 27. […]
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When Aileen Weintraub was four months pregnant and taking a walk with her new husband in Manhattan, she felt a sharp pain in her stomach.
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My first memory of my grandmother Savta Rosa is at the wedding of her youngest son Aryeh in Israel.
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As far as accessing diverse Jewish voices is concerned, I didn’t know how sorely I needed to hear from a foul-mouthed Hasidic mother of four and a self-described Israeli “secular sinner” until I began listening to the new podcast, “Ask a Jew.”
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When the pandemic began and Southern California went into lockdown, Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik wanted to regain a sense of control over his life.
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How does a Jewish British immigrant to Israel come to be the composer of music being played in honor of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II?
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“As We See It,” the Amazon Prime series that debuted on January 21, is a vivid statement of what’s possible when you create art in an inclusive atmosphere.
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For the past 39 years, actor Harry Shearer has hosted a weekly news show on public radio called “Le Show.”
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What began as an ode to our mothers and grandmothers has become an important effort to preserve our family recipes and the culinary traditions of the Sephardic and Mizrahi lands for the next generation.
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New Israeli startup aims to get product to market within two years; technology could also be used to identify early markers of cancer.
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