for Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Television/Film ›

Why the Israeli ‘Euphoria’ creator couldn’t wait to go to jail

PJ Grisar in Forward

Ron Leshem, renowned for creating Israeli and American TV shows like Euphoria, reflects on his early years as a journalist embedded in a juvenile prison for research.

Education ›

0 Education Gender/Identity

How do you measure success in a Jewish classroom?

Jewish Chronicle

Measuring success in a Jewish classroom raises questions about what defines achievement in Jewish studies, emphasizing the balance between collective standards and individual progress.

Politics ›

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Franklin Foer’s new Biden book portrays a Washington that still works — for now

Gabby Deutch in Jewish Insider

Franklin Foer's new book, "The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future," explores the early years of Biden's presidency, emphasizing how his experience in politics contributed to a functioning administration amidst a turbulent political landscape.

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September 13's Short Reads

JTA BDS resolutions down, ‘anti-Israel events’ up on college campuses last year, ADL tally shows

Ami The Prince and I // A visit to the palace brings an orphan’s experience full circle

Ami The Library of Ancient Alexandria // An inside look at the library that housed the Greek translation of the Torah

Ami David H. Rosmarin // Center for Anxiety

Ami All the Narishkeit Unfit to Print // Academic ignorance is a thing

Forward Church moves to cover Philadelphia monument to a Nazi military formation — temporarily

Tablet Reading Babel in Odessa During Wartime

Tablet The Shofar of Dreams

Forward Avoiding germs, guzzling water, searching their souls: How 5 cantors prep for the High Holidays

Forward For a Chinese-Jewish Rosh Hashanah, date cookies that recall the cultural blend of the Silk Road

Forward Lawsuit alleges that California school district illegally approved ‘antisemitic’ ethnic studies curriculum

Forward Andy Samberg plays a famous Jewish WWII photographer in upcoming biopic

JTA Lawsuit alleges California school district illegally approved ‘antisemitic’ ethnic studies curriculum

JTA Andy Samberg plays a famous Jewish WWII photographer in upcoming biopic

JTA A Reform synagogue in Brooklyn is holding special High Holidays services for Israelis

Between The Lines Helping The Next Generation Appreciate ‘The Treasure’ Of Being Jewish

Moment Fiction // Remnants, Like Dust in Pocket Seams

JTA Jewish drag performers inspire a history of the art form in New York

JTA Unetaneh Tokef, the High Holidays’ roll call of ruin, is heartbreakingly real for the Ukrainian Jews I’ve gotten to know

Forward She voted against creating a day to end 'Jew hatred.' Now she’s introducing a bill to combat antisemitism.

Kveller Anthony Hopkins Plays a Holocaust Hero in Upcoming Movie About Kindertransport

JTA Mary Ann Stein, philanthropist who supported social justice in US and Israel, dies at 80

Forward Israel's Supreme Court is ruling on its own future. What should American Jews do?

Jewish Currents An Anti-Migrant Offensive In Israel - Recent police violence against Israel’s Eritrean minority is a window into the government’s escalating hostility towards non-Jewish immigrants.

Forward ‘Maus,’ Nazi parallels and a Shylock reference make appearances at Senate hearing on book bans

Moment From 1986 | The Paavo Nurmi Marathon: Where are the Jews?

Forward Why the Israeli ‘Euphoria’ creator couldn’t wait to go to jail

Forward This year, Americans and Israelis will be consuming 390 million pounds of this beloved Jewish ingredient

Mishpacha Etched in Memory

Mishpacha The Conversation Continues: Grayed Out

Mishpacha Trust Fund: Chapter 10

Mishpacha Remembering the Mommy of Maalot Dafna

Mishpacha Right on Time?

Mishpacha Passing Judgment

Mishpacha Flashback: Editor’s Letter, Issue 608

Mishpacha An Offer We Dare Not Refuse

Moment Opinion | For Israel, Days of Judgment Are Looming

Forward A Talmudic tale gets a 12th-century Chinese twist in children’s book aimed at diverse Jewish readers

Emes Ve-Emunah A Movie that Illustrates the Demise of American Jewry

Moment Opinion | Three (Not So) Little Words

Jewish Review of Books Akedat Hannah

Moment Beshert | “B,” as in Beshert

Forward I fast on Yom Kippur but don’t go to synagogue. And there are plenty of Jews like me

Forward From ‘Star Wars’ to Madonna: 11 times shofars showed up outside shul

Jewish Chronicle The renaissance of halachah in modern Israel

Kveller In the Face of Infertility, Rosh Hashanah Brought Me Hope

Forward Israel's day of judgment: Supreme Court hears petitions against Netanyahu's judicial coup

Kveller This Persistent Jewish Teen Helped Bring Mandatory Holocaust Education to Arkansas Schools

eJewishPhilanthropy From avoidance to engagement: What I learned by bringing American Jewish social justice leaders to Israel

Forward Everything you need to know about today's Supreme Court vs. Netanyahu government drama – and what's at stake for Israel

Future of Jewish Five Things You Got Wrong About Israelis

Rationalist Judaism Controversial Kashrut

Moment From Barbie to Artificial Intelligence and Everything in Between: A Wide-Open Conversation with Tiffany Shlain and Nadine Epstein

Tablet Keeping Beekeeping in the Family

Tablet Just Say No

Tablet Babyn Yar

Tablet Duplicate test - A New Initiative for a New Year

Lehrhaus Restoring the (Recitation of) Korbanot

Forward Israel's judicial overhaul is facing a new test — but for protesters, the fight is about much more than the courts

Forward A Kanye West impersonator wore a ‘Jewish Lives Matter’ shirt at NY Fashion Week. Why?

Forward One jalapeno cheddar with schmear — inside Mexico City's hand-rolled bagel renaissance

Forward The late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ unpublished works to be digitized

Forward Special election: Two Orthodox candidates face off in a close race for NY Assembly

Forward 2 more synagogues evacuated due to bomb threats ahead of High Holidays

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