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Forward What does it mean that Judaism is a religion of loopholes? 13 Feb
Elana Stein Hain's book, "Circumventing the Law: Rabbinic Perspectives on Legal Loopholes and Integrity," explores the concept of legal loopholes within Juda...
13 Feb
Forward In an unmissable film, a son faces up to his Jewish mother's mental illness 27 Jan
"This Is My Mother," screened at the New York Jewish Film Festival, is Julien Carpentier's poignant debut film exploring the complex dynamics between a son, ...
27 Jan
Forward Saying ‘adieu’ to San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum 3 Dec 2024
The impending closure of San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) is a reflection on its struggle amidst financial difficulties exacerbated by the pa...
3 Dec 2024
Forward Sitting shiva for his wife, an overcaffeinated academic is scalded by grief 23 Oct 2024
Mark Haber's novel "Lesser Ruins" offers a layered, introspective, and often comedic exploration of grief, creativity, and personal failure. The protagonist,...
23 Oct 2024
Forward In the words of the Torah and the music of Toto and Peter Gabriel, now is the season of renewal 17 Sep 2024
Michael Hearst, of the klezmer duo One Ring Zero, embarks on a unique project to explore and reimagine 80s pop music with a touch of Jewish reflection and cr...
17 Sep 2024
Forward We're in a psychological war with 'the greatest propaganda machine in history' — will we survive it? 20 Jun 2024
In "Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind" by Annalee Newitz, the book explores how stories have been weaponized throughout histor...
20 Jun 2024
Forward A Transylvanian-American klezmer blues bash right at home at a Brooklyn fiddle summit 19 Apr 2024
The article discusses a unique musical event, the Neighborhood Fiddle Summit in Brooklyn, featuring klezmer violinist Zo Aqua and the old-time string band Th...
19 Apr 2024
Forward A Jewish sitcom from Britain gets remade in American suburbia — does the joke translate? 18 Apr 2024
An American version of the British sitcom "Friday Night Dinner" set in a Jewish home has been created, titled "Dinner with the Parents." The American adaptat...
18 Apr 2024
Forward Is Adam Sandler's Kafkaesque Tarkovskyesque Kubrickesque Netflix sci-fi drama better than it sounds? 5 Mar 2024
In the Netflix sci-fi drama "Spaceman," Adam Sandler plays Jakub Procházka, a man on a solo mission to investigate a mysterious space cloud named Chopra. Dir...
5 Mar 2024
Forward How a Jewish playwright's internal Israel-Palestine debate became a Russian doll of Trojan horses 29 Feb 2024
Itamar Moses, following his Tony Award-winning musical "The Bands Visit," has two new plays premiering in New York: "Dead Outlaw" and "The Ally" at The Publi...
29 Feb 2024