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Lighten Up on Christmas and Christians
Even in relatively tolerant and officially secular America, Jews long have had to do a dance around the holidays of the majority population. There\’s a national party going on and, let\’s face it, we are not invited.
Shoah-Era Music ‘Silenced’ No More
While mainly honoring the composers who were persecuted or perished during the Holocaust, \”Silenced Voices\” will also feature the works of Felix Mendelssohn and Gustav Mahler, whose \”degenerate\” music was banned by the Nazis.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Indeed, like Dorothy from the \”Wizard of Oz,\” I am a young adult on a quest to find her inner soul and place in life. Dorothy transitions from childhood to adulthood, and travels to Oz only to fathom that everything she wanted was in her home, in her own backyard.
Jewish + Humor = ‘Jumor’
\”\’Jumor\’ is a look into our own culture through our elderly community,\” Aaron Krinsky said. \”The more homes we visited, the more we realized we were interested in the stories itself, not the comics who told them.\”
A Day on the Bimah Changes Everything
No, you didn\’t have to leave New York to discover Jewish observance, but something had to plant the desire. In my case, it was my bar mitzvah.
Mother of the Bat
My husband and I spent our courtship on the protest fields of Washington, D.C. Yet here we were, in the thick of planning what I am sure we once believed to be the most bourgeois enterprise imaginable: a \”catered affair,\” entertainment that would cost thousands and be over in a matter of hours. How had we gotten ourselves into this?
Twinning Makes for Double Mitzvah
Who is Marion Pritchard and why would a Jewish girl choose to share her special day with a non-Jew more than six times her age?
Kazan’s Residents:
A Sunday in the park. A brilliant, bright sun warms the air. The frozen tundra has given way to seedlings, flowers and patches of green.
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