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One of my favorite crafts when I was a little kid was string art. I remember my fourth-grade teacher helping me pound nails into a...
Abraham Elmaleh Almog died March 26 at 89. Survived by daughter Nedmi; sons Oded, Boaz; 18 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren;
PARSHA: BEHAR-BECHUKOTAI, LEVITICUS 25:10 “You shall hallow the fiftieth year. You shall proclaim release throughout the land...
Ashkenazi Jews in the shtetl believed that proud talk when a pregnancy barely was established would invite catastrophe.
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While reading Philip Roth, even an avid fan of his sacrilegious style and elegant prose thinks about Gershom Scholem’s critique of...
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The film opens with dozens of pretty, high-stepping girls dancing with military precision to a catchy tune.
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Eagle Rock filmmaker Colin Levy grew up without regular access to a television. His parents had some Disney VHS tapes around the house,
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Actress Hedy Lamarr is best remembered as the glamorous Viennese film star who parlayed her notorious nude screen debut in “Ecstasy”...
I’ve just come home from work. I’m covered in burns and cuts to the point where the heat from my shower stung so much I had to turn...
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When the sandbox is overturned And the cucumber shoots are heavy with tiny crystals I chant summer summer summer And walk upstairs
Gal Gadot on being a Mom Gal Gadot cuddles with her daughter Alma, now 6, in an Instagram photo. Said Gadot: “How to be a mom in 2017:
Today I called my mother. She didn’t answer me. She probably was busy with something more important. There was a time when one of her....
In 2009, Rabba Sara Hurwitz made history when she became the first Orthodox woman to earn public ordination at the Hebrew Institute...
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For decades, Rabbi Yotav Eliach, esteemed principal of Rambam Mesivta High School in Long Island, has accumulated his teachings,
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Theodor Adorno famously insisted that “to write a poem after Auschwitz is barbaric,” and Primo Levi introduced his readers to a...
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One of the most coveted fashion accessories worn at outdoor festivals is the floral crown. But it’s not just for the likes of...
Larry Alperin died Feb. 7 at 87. Survived by wife Nina; daughter Mary (John) Clarich; son Marc (Emily Weinstein); 6 grandchildren. Mount Sinai
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In “As You Like It,” Shakespeare has Jaques recite a famous monologue on the ages of man: a mewling, puking infant, whining schoolboy,
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Sooner or later in life, nearly everyone needs to stop working for a salary. Yet retirement is a trauma for many.
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The world is getting older — not just the cosmos, but the people in it. In the West, at least, younger people are reproducing less...
PARSHA: EMOR, LEVITICUS 22:18-21 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them:
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Is television reflective of society? And if not, what can be done about it? These were just two of the questions posited at a recent...
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Long before Joan Alexandra Molinsky — better known as the legendary Joan Rivers — died in September 2014 at age 81,
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Writer-director Jon Kean documented the harrowing experiences of six female Holocaust survivors in his 2007 documentary,
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“Leonard Bernstein at 100,” a traveling exhibition celebrating the life and career of renowned American composer and conductor...
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One of the more pervasive fantasies of Jewish boys and young men growing up amidst the anti-Semitism of Europe and the United States...
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Her childhood friends call her Kiki. To her grandchildren, she’s Bubbe. And among social media-immersed millennials,
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We used to pray for rain to come. We had to pray. We had to call out to God and trust; trust that He’d meet our needs.
Some people dream of buying cars, luxury clothing or jewels. Chefs covet cookbooks and knives. Although I’ve tried to get a...
