Hayim Nahman Bialik: Poet of Hebrew by Avner Holtzman; Yale University Press (Jewish Lives series); March 2017; 264 pages; ISBN: 9780300200669. By Rabbi Jack Riemer/JNS.org I have questions about some of the subjects that have been chosen for the Jewish Lives book series from Yale University Press. I wonder what Sarah Bernhardt or Benjamin
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle EastShe’s the wide-eyed little Muppet with a big smile who has made it to “Sesame Street.” Her name is Julia and she has autism. Julia was first introduced in 2015, playing alongside Elmo and Abby Cadabby, as part of an online-only Digital Storybook story called “Sesame Street and Autism: See the Amazing in All Children.”
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Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & BroadcastMel Gibson, the Catholic actor/director who in the past struggled with an anti-Jewish image, has been discreetly supporting an organization that helps Holocaust survivors. Comedy director Zane Buzby, founder of the Survivor Mitzvah Project, recently told Extra that her organization helps “bring emergency aid to Holocaust survivors in Eastern Europe who are in desperate need
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Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAChuck Berry, one of the most influential figures in American popular music, has died at age 90. Police were called to a medical emergency early Saturday afternoon, according to St. Charles, Mo, County police, according to the department’s Facebook page. Inside the home, medics found an unresponsive man and administered lifesaving techniques, according to the
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast“The Big Bang Theory” star Mayim Bialik has fired back at a recent claim by Palestinian activist Linda Sarsour that Zionism and feminism are contradictory ideals. Ms. Bialik wrote a piece Wednesday saying the political left “should reexamine the microscope they use to look at Israel” and stop blaming all of Zionism for the bad
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAMichael Krasny’s ‘Let There Be Laughter’ offers funny jokes and insightful commentary as antidote to trying times By Renee Ghert-Zand You know how a lot of people have trouble remembering jokes? Well, Michael Krasny isn’t one of them. An English professor and the longtime host of the most-listened-to locally produced public radio program in the
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWhoopi Goldberg expressed her disgust on ABC’s “The View” after she was made the subject of a fake news allegation regarding Carryn Owens, widow of Chief Petty Officer William “Ryan” Owens who was killed in a raid in Yemen. A fake story claimed that Goldberg had criticized the widow after President Trump singled her out
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USACHICAGO — Amy Krouse Rosenthal, a Chicago author who wrote a heart-wrenching column called “You May Want to Marry My Husband” while battling ovarian cancer, died Monday at 51. Rosenthal was a prolific creator described on her website as “a person who likes to make things.” That description includes children’s books and “grown-up books,” salads,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Obituaries & memorials, USAWASHINGTON, March 11, 2017 – Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R- November 17, 2003 – January 3, 2011) is considering a 2018 Senate run as a third-party, or independent, candidate. Schwarzenegger’s entrance would give him the stage to continue to lock horns with President Trump over political issues. Trump has publically excoriated the former body
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAJoni Sledge, who belonged to the four-sister disco-era group Sister Sledge, best known for its No. 1 hit “We Are Family,” died Friday at her home in Phoenix, a spokeswoman for the group announced. She was 60. No cause of death has been announced. “Yesterday, numbness fell upon our family,” said the Sledges in a
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorialsIn Israel, Hollywood star says disgraced ex-PM Olmert was ‘a friend of mine’; compares PM, US president: ‘It’s all deals to them’ By Sue Surkes Richard Gere attends opening night of the Miami Film Festival on March 3, 2017 in Miami, Florida. (Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images/AFP) Hollywood movie star and veteran peace campaigner Richard Gere weighed
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABarack and Michelle Obama were spotted having lunch at a New York City eatery with U2 frontman and activist Bono. The trio was seen at the Upland restaurant in Manhattan, an establishment that the former president has frequented in the past. During the outing, the former first lady was dressed stylishly in black pants, a
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USADirector Joseph Cedar insists the character — though evocative of his uncle, whose cash-stuffed envelopes landed Olmert in prison — isn’t based on anyone in particular By Jessica Steinberg To Israelis, the premise of Josheph Sedar’s latest film might seem achingly familiar: It tells the story of a New York Jew who does exorbitant favors
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAHeard on television and in movies, Yael Meyer’s English and Spanish songs rack up millions of views in the most unexpected places By Lisa Klug LOS ANGELES — Singer-songwriter Yael Meyer is a 21st century fusion. The long-necked, doe-eyed native Chilean sings with a measured sweetness in English and Spanish while gracefully wielding her electric
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