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Melissa Manchester is loving the life

\”You Gotta Love the Life” is the title track of Melissa Manchester’s latest album and a kind of personal and spiritual mantra.

A classic Yiddish operetta, revived for a new generation

“For a German Jew, Yiddish is beneath contempt,” musicologist Michael Ochs told JTA. “German Jews tend to think of Yiddish as bad German. The only use we had in our family for it was to make fun of it.”

Jewish themes resonate in foreign-language-film Oscar race

The annual Academy Award competition for best foreign-language (non-English) film has been described as the World Cup or Olympics of international cinema, and this year, each of 81 countries, ranging from Afghanistan to Vietnam, has entered its best movie.

Chanukah books: Curl up with a good read

It’s time for a top-10 list of a few of the best recently published Jewish books for this Chanukah season. All make wonderful gifts and span different age and interest levels.

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