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Five facts about Passover you may not know
אַ טייל פֿון די בעסטע באַשרײַבונגען פֿונעם אַמאָליקן שטעטל געפֿינט מען בײַ די ווערק פֿון ב. גאָרין (1868 ־ 1925). באַקאַנט ווי דער מחבר פֿון דער ערשטער געשיכטע פֿונעם ייִדישן טעאַטער, איז גאָרין אַבער אויך געווען אַ פֿײַנער שרײַבער מיט אַ ספּעציעלן אויג פֿאַרן שטייגער לעבן, סײַ אין אייראָפּע, סײַ אין אַמעריקע. איין באַנד דערציילונגען,…
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A brilliant Jewish storyteller may be gone, but her characters are ‘still talking’
Still Talking By Lore Segal Melville House, 128 pages, $19 In one of the stories in Lore Segal’s posthumous collection, Still Talking, a group of women in their 80s and 90s agree without the need for discussion “that they were not going to pass, pass away, and under no circumstances on. They were going to…
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‘Glass Beads’: Yiddish magic by Katerina Kuznetsova
קאַטערינאַ קוזנעצאָוואַס נײַע לידער־זאַמלונג „גלאָזפּערל‟ פֿאַרכּישופֿט דעם לייענער מיטן תּוכן, וווּ עס ווערן טאַקע אָפֿט דערמאָנט כּישופֿים און מכשפֿות, באַגלייט מיט אומגעוויינטלעכע אילוסטראַציעס פֿונעם בערלינער ייִדישיסט אַרנט בעק. אין דער קורצער הקדמה דערקלערט די מחברטע אַליין אַז אירע לידער זענען אָנגעשריבן געוואָרן „מיטן טיפֿן גלויבן אינעם כּישוף הינטער דעם וואָר־לײַוונט‟. דאָס בוך האָט אַרויסגעגעבן דער…
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Jewish progressive prevails in closely watched Illinois primary, blasting AIPAC in victory speech
(JTA) — Daniel Biss, a Jewish progressive who is highly critical of the Israeli government, is virtually assured of a seat in Congress after prevailing in his primary in Illinois’ 9th Congressional District on Tuesday. He narrowly prevailed over another progressive, Kat Abughazaleh, who is Palestinian-American, and a more centrist Jewish candidate whom the pro-Israel…
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Berlin rabbi makes history as first European to head Conservative rabbis’ association
(JTA) — BERLIN — Gesa Shira Ederberg was not yet a rabbi when she was tapped to lead a seder, to teach Hebrew, and to organize an egalitarian minyan in her home city of Berlin. She happened to be in the right places when help was needed, recalls Ederberg, who was pursuing a degree in…
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Fox’s Bible story miniseries puts women front and center
Depending on where you start the clock, the founding of the Jewish nation was partially born of an act of extreme cruelty. When Sarah welcomed Isaac, after decades of trying for a child, she persuaded Abraham to send away her handmaiden Hagar and her son by him, Ishmael. That God provided for the child and…
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Israeli couple killed by Iranian cluster bomb as Israel continues assassinating Iranian officials
(JTA) — A couple in their 70s were killed overnight Tuesday by an Iranian missile, apparently as they tried to reach a bomb shelter, amid an especially intense barrage of missiles aimed at the Tel Aviv area. Yaron and Ilana Moshe were killed near their home in Ramat Gan, an upscale suburb of Tel Aviv;…
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I love the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival. This year, it left me heartbroken
I’ve heard Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth” hundreds of times. But one recent Friday afternoon, returning from the grocery store with food for Shabbat dinner, was the first time I truly listened to the words. “There’s battle lines being drawn,” Springfield sang. “Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong / Young people speaking their minds /…
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German antisemitism commissioner quits far‑left party over anti-Israel resolution
(JTA) — BERLIN – The antisemitism commissioner for the German state of Brandenburg has resigned from his far-left party over a resolution passed Sunday condemning Israel. After 11 years in Die Linke (The Left), Andreas Büttner has quit its ranks over the position taken by members in Lower Saxony, in former West Germany. But it’s…
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Israelis and Americans deserve to know why they are still at war
Israelis have once again been asked to live under the shadow of war. Sirens and missiles punctuate sleepless nights. Families sleep beside safe rooms. Children measure their days between alarms. People will endure that, when they believe there is a purpose behind the sacrifice. Yet three weeks into the current confrontation with Iran, Israel’s government…
