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0 Culture Music

MLK Day concert to include civil rights songs and Yiddish folk songs

Moishele Alfonso in Forward · 20 Dec

The upcoming "Soul to Soul" concert at Stephen Rice Free Synagogue commemorates Martin Luther King Jr.

0 Gender/Identity Politics

Six Jewish Feminist Highlights of a Tough Year

Helene Meyers in Lilith · 19 Dec

This roundup by Helene Meyers highlights memorable moments in Jewish feminism during a challenging year.

0 Holidays Communities

Drought in NYC could put a damper on public Hanukkah menorah lightings

Jackie Hajdenberg in JTA · 5 Dec

Rabbi Shimon Hecht of Chabad of Park Slope faces the possible cancellation of their traditional Hanukkah menorah lighting at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, due to fire safety concerns heightened by a drought warning in New York City.

0 Culture Communities

Meet the proud Ethiopian Israeli New Yorker who was born to cook

Jewish Chronicle · 5 Dec

Beejhy Barhany, an Ethiopian-born, Israeli-raised chef now based in New York, uses her culinary skills to celebrate her diverse heritage at Tsion Café in Harlem.

0 Literature Culture

Book Review | A Rebbe with a Fiddle and No Followers

Michael Krasny in Moment · 4 Dec

Howard Langer's debut novel, "The Last Dekrepitzer," follows Rebbe Shmuel Meir Lichtbencher, the lone survivor of a fictional Hasidic sect destroyed in the Holocaust.

0 Education Antisemitism

I’m an NYC schools consultant. Here’s what I tell parents worried about antisemitism.

Alina Adams in JTA · 26 Nov

Alina Adams, an NYC schools consultant and Jewish community member, addresses the growing concern among Jewish parents about antisemitism in schools, especially following the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

0 Music Holocaust

How Quincy Jones scored with the gritty story of a Harlem Holocaust survivor

Benjamin Ivry in Forward · 5 Nov

Quincy Jones, who passed away at the age of 91, made a significant impact on film music with his score for Sidney Lumet's 1964 film "The Pawnbroker," a groundbreaking work in American cinema that explored the Holocaust from the survivor's perspective.