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0 Television/Film Communities

Was Teddy Roosevelt's favorite play the original 'Nobody Wants This'?

Andrew Porwancher in Forward · 23 Oct

"Nobody Wants This," a Netflix series about an interfaith couple played by Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, ignites discussions on Jewish stereotypes but draws little concern over the implications of interfaith marriage on Jewish continuity.

0 History Politics

When Jewish migrants were trapped and terrified in Florida — like Alligator Alcatraz inmates today

Fredric Brandfon in Forward · 23 Aug

Fredric Brandfon's piece compares the modern immigration detention site, Alligator Alcatraz, in Florida's Everglades with historical instances of immigrant mistreatment in the same region, specifically the horrific conditions Jewish migrants faced in early 20th-century peonage camps.

0 History Jewish Law

From Port Arthur to Portsmouth

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 19 Aug

The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, a conflict ignited by imperial aspirations, dramatically impacted the Russian Jewish community.

0 History Politics

Book Review | The Forgotten Bond Between Teddy and the Tribe

Robert Siegel in Moment · 2 Jul

Andrew Porwancher's biography "American Maccabee: Theodore Roosevelt and the Jews" explores the complex relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and Jewish communities.

0 History Culture

The church preacher who gave sermons in Yiddish

Rukhl Schaechter in Forward · 5 Jun 2023

Joseph Rabinowitz, a Jewish man from Bessarabia, founded a Christian-Jewish sect in 1882 where he preached in Yiddish, reflecting his belief in a synthesis of Judaism and Christianity for Jewish integration.