The Jewish stars of winter TV
Jewish Journal
November 24, 2014
Temperatures may be falling, but the small screen is heating up with buzz-worthy performances, must-see series and a few splashy specials.
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Culture
A life of ideas: Remembering Susan Sontag
Avishay Artsy
November 24, 2014
At one point in American life, the mere mention of Susan Sontag’s name was a way of suggesting intellectual grandiosity.
Holiday Klezmer concerts
Jewish Journal
November 24, 2014
The kindling of the lights can wait and the dreidel can remain unspun for a couple of hours.
The ‘Train to Zakopane’ and anti-Semitism
Jewish Journal
November 24, 2014
What is it about travel that gets us to reveal ourselves to strangers? Is it that no one knows who we are and we can play with our identity?
What’s the deal with canned cranberry sauce?
Jewish Journal
November 24, 2014
No American holiday conjures up images and memories of food like Thanksgiving.
AJWS expands focus on Ebola prevention, education
Jewish Journal
November 24, 2014
When the magnitude of the Ebola crisis became clear in August, Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service (AJWS) and her team contacted the 10 Liberian organizations AJWS supports to ask whether the agencies would like to change course from other social service activities to focus on the evolving emergency.
Recharge your phone in 30 seconds? Israeli firm says it can
Jewish Journal
November 24, 2014
An Israeli company says it has developed technology that can charge a mobile phone in a few seconds and an electric car in minutes, advances that could transform two of the world\’s most dynamic consumer industries.
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